Hijabi Barbie...

[suhayl]

There is a new girl on the block..

Barbie loses out to veiled rival

The Fulla doll is designed to appeal to a Muslim market
Step aside Barbie - a veiled doll with, as her creator describes it "Muslim values", is proving a popular choice in Egypt's toy stores.
Fulla, dressed in a traditional Islamic headscarf and overdress, comes with her own pink felt prayer rug.

Some parents who would not want to buy Barbies for their daughters are choosing to give them Fullas instead.

Creators NewBoy Design Studio launched the doll her in Syria in 2003 and sales have proved strong in the Middle East.

Fawaz Abidin, the Fulla brand manager, said: "You have to create a character that that parents and children will want to relate to.

"She's honest, loving and caring, and she respects her father and mother."

Career woman

Fulla is still single and there are no plans for an Islamic equivalent to Ken, Barbie's former boyfriend. However, a Doctor Fulla and Fulla as a teacher are planned - both respected careers for women.


Fulla is believed to be the best-selling girls' toy in the Arab world

Her extensive wardrobe has been modernised for the Egyptian market to include jeans and the type of colourful headscarves worn by many young women.

Tarek Mohammed, chief salesman at Toys'r'Us in Cairo, said: "Fulla sells better because she is closer to our Arab values - she never reveals a leg or an arm."

The surge in sales of Muslim girls' toys, including the veiled Fulla, comes amid new enthusiasm among Muslim women for wearing the veil.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/4605334.stm

[amar ibn zaim]

amazing!!!!!
i will buy one for my sister and my future daughter (if i hav one(inshallah))

amar

[muslim forever]

Salaam,

This is nice but can I ask are dolls permissible in Islam cos someone was saying they are not. I can't remember what the person exactly said which is why I am asking. I’m not implying that they are not allowed or that they are allowed. I‘m just asking.

JazakAllah

Wasalaam

[muslim forever]

salaam

Inshallah read this: http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...=1894&CATE=153

wasalaam

[Fatima M1]

amazing!

[Omar HH]

Ma Sha Allah.

Everyone should buy their daughter a Hijabi lol...

Thats not to say that normal dolls are bad either - just Barbie always seemed shady lol.

[Fatima M1]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4539862.stm

Researchers at Bath university found many girls aged seven to 11 subjected dolls to "maiming and decapitation".

[Arya]

Iran Enforces Barbie Ban

replaced with sara and dara, an Iranian-made Barbie knockoff

they observe the hijab



"I think every Barbie doll is more harmful than an American missile."
Iranian toy seller Masoumeh Rahimi

LOL

[VeiledOne]

Didn't Saudi come up with Burqah barbie couple of yrs ago?


BTW who is that next to Fulla in the pic?

[Muslimsister]

BTW who is that next to Fulla in the pic?

I think it's just her clother for going out (lol)... I don't know about the face, but I think it's just a pic, no doll inside.

Inshallah read this: http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view....D=1894&CATE=153

Yup, safer to be without any. We've never had any dolls, but instead my girls clothe pillows etc. and play with them as if they were babies, but some children are already accustomed to playing with dolls, so it's good to have 'islamic' versions as options, .