Meet The Self-Proclaimed "Islamista"

photo courtesy of Boston Globe

By Jasmine Roziers
Meet the talented, young fashion designer, Sahro Hassan. Hassan is a young fashion designer who calls herself a "Islamista". At the young age of 18, Hassan knows what she wants in life and does not let her religion,stereotypes or her past get in the way of her dreams.

 After fleeing her home country of Somalia to escape a tragic civil war, she then was living in Kenya. Hassan was living in a refugee camp until she was 10 years old. At 10, her and her family moved to the United States to pursue happiness.The Boston Globe reports on Hassan's life now that she is older and free from the civil wars in Africa,

 "...Hassan has graduated from high school with honors. She has a business called Fashionuji and designs bold, edgy clothes for Muslim women that are 'on trend,' she said, but modest enough to meet Muslim religious standards. She took first prize in Maine’s Future Business Leaders of America competition and the 'Girls Rock Award' for entrepreneurship from Hardy Girls, Healthy Women, a Maine nonprofit. She just started a four-year fashion design program at Newton’s Mount Ida College." 

Hassan came from nothing and turned it into something with all her accomplishments. Hassan is truly an inspiration to all muslim women.