A woman wearing a headscarf, added in 2017 largely thanks to a widely publicized campaign by a Saudi teenager (Rayouf Alhumedhi) who petitioned Unicode directly for a hijab emoji after noticing its absence. It's used to represent Muslim women who wear the hijab, both literally and as a broader symbol of religious identity and representation. Trivia: this is one of the clearest examples of an individual's grassroots proposal becoming an official emoji — Alhumedhi co-authored the actual Unicode proposal alongside emoji historian Jennifer 8. Lee, a rare direct-to-consortium path for a teenager's idea.
Keywords: bandana, head, headscarf, hijab, kerchief, mantilla, tichel, woman