{"id":9620,"date":"2018-03-15T06:24:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T06:24:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-03-15T06:24:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T06:24:25","slug":"manal-rostom-surviving-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/manal-rostom-surviving-hijab\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Based Founder Of ‘Surviving Hijab’ Speaking At Facebook Headquarters Is Dubai Legend Of The Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manal Rostom<\/a>, a Dubai based Egyptian\u00a0and all-round inspiring female was invited to speak at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, San Francisco this week.<\/p>\n

Manal, who was previously chosen to\u00a0debut the Nike hijab pro in the New York Marathon, was there to\u00a0speak about the Facebook group she’s founder of\u00a0 ‘Surviving Hijab’.<\/p>\n

The closed group has just surpassed 600,000 members, and is a very real support group for every lady who has taken the decision to wear the hijab, a motivational and inspiring group for hijabis to share their stories, thoughts, highs and lows with the motto ‘Keep Veiled and Carry On’<\/p>\n

Manal, who’s mission is to normalize the hijab, speaking at Facebook headquarters<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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‘Just gave a talk about our 600K – Girl group on Facebook : Surviving Hijab –\u00a0@survivinghijab<\/a>\u00a0to 5200 people at Facebook\u2019s Global Sales conference in San Francisco!\u00a0
I am so proud of myself; so proud of how far we have come to change the world\u2019s perceptions about women who wear the hijab.”<\/p>\n

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Backstage and ready to go<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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The Nike run club coach got a couple of runs in during her visit<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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Manal was a local ‘Lovin Dubai’ hero; marathon runner and mountain climber, check out her other accomplishments<\/h4>\n