The first Islamic Sesame Street Muppet is a girl named Zari,
which means “shimmering”, and she’s going to empower young Muslim girls. Even
though girls are not allowed schooling in many parts of the Islamic world, Zari
will help them dream of going to school, having a career and being a doctor. Read here
With her purple face (thankfully covered by a veil in some
circumstances), and her brown hair streaked with blue, purple, orange and pink,
Zari will be the picture-perfect model to get to the heart of the matter –
empowering girls to overcome “entrenched traditional (Islamic) attitudes
towards women’s education and careers” outside the home…driving a car...by
herself.
