Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. The world of fashion, with its often scantily clad women in seductive poses, is not where you would expect to find a somali born Fashion Editor who wears a hijab. Well, Rawdah Mohamed has taken up a senior role at the soon to be launched Vogue Scandinavia. After moving to norway as a child, she became a model, and in april created a social Media Storm with a Post Called Hands off my hijab. How far can she use fashion to overturn negative stereotypes of muslim women . Rawdah mohamed, welcome to hardtalk. So there you were at the age of eight, your family fled the conflict in somalia and moved to norway as refugees. That must have been a bit of a Culture Shock, no . Yes. Thank you for having me, by the way. Yes, it was Culture Shock because i was only used to the refugee camp, my family and the people around. So when i came, it was. Everything was different not only the culture, but also the cl
Taken up a senior role at the soon to be launched Vogue Scandinavia. After moving to norway as a child, she became a model, and in april created a social Media Storm with a Post Called Hands off my hijab. How far can she use fashion to overturn negative stereotypes of muslim women . Rawdah mohamed, welcome to hardtalk. So there you were at the age of eight, your family fled rawdah mohamed, welcome to hardtalk. So there you were at the age of eight, your family fled the conflict in somalia and moved to norway as refugees. That must have been a bit of a Culture Shock, no . Yes. Thank you for having me, by the way. Yes, it was Culture Shock because i was only used to the refugee camp, my family and the people around. So when i came, it was. Everything was different not only the culture, but also the climate was very different, and i knew it was very far away from home. And so, it was a bit of a traumatic experience at first, really. Ok, so traumatic experience, because you moved to skien,
The first medals in tokyo for team gb on day two of olympic action. It was chelsie giles who kicked off the medals table with a bronze injudo. To come away with a medal, and it to be the first for team gb, is really special. In taekwondo, bradly sinden came agonisingly close to olympic glory but ended his final with a silver. Itjust got me that i didn t win gold where i think it was there for me to take. We ll have all the latest from tokyo, including andy murray having to pull out of the singles tennis. Also on the programme. Police warn of the dangers of open water after three people including a nine year old drown in loch lomond. And sajid javid apologises after facing criticism for saying people shouldn t cower from coronavirus. Good evening. Team gb have won their first medals of the tokyo olympics, a silver for bradly sinden in taekwondo, and earlier, a bronze for chelsie giles injudo. There was disappointment howeverforjadejones, twice an olympic champion, when she failed to pro
Will bring him olympic gold again. I m the best racer in the world, i think. So i m looking forward to it. Good evening. The health secretary sajid javid has apologised for saying that people shouldn t cower from the coronavirus, after being criticised by opposition parties and families bereaved during the pandemic. He had used the word in a tweet posted after recovering from covid himself and was accused of insensitivity and causing hurt. Meanwhile, it s emerged that ministers are considering whether double vaccination should be required of football fans attending premier league matches. Here s our political correspondent ben wright. Good morning. He has been health secretary forjust a month. Nice to meet you. My first visit to a hospital on thejob. But in a tweet announcing his own recovery from coronavirus yesterday, sajid javid said people should get vaccinated and learn to live with covid rather than cower from the virus. The rebuke from opposition parties and bereaved families wa
Now it s time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. The world of fashion, with its often scantily clad women in seductive poses, is not where you would expect to find a somali born fashion editor who wears a hijab. Well, rawdah mohamed has taken up a senior role at the soon to be launched vogue scandinavia. After moving to norway as a child, she became a model, and in april created a social media storm with a post called hands off my hijab. How far can she use fashion to overturn negative stereotypes of muslim women? rawdah mohamed, welcome to hardtalk. So there you were at the age of eight, your family fled the conflict in somalia and moved to norway as refugees. That must have been a bit of a culture shock, no? yes. Thank you for having me, by the way. Yes, it was culture shock because i was only used to the refugee camp, my family and the people around. So when i came, it was. Everything was different not only the culture, but also the climate was very differen