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Modesty in Full Colour: Samia Benchaou on Fashion and Faith

For Samia Benchaou, modesty has never meant blending in. The Moroccan-Danish stylist has built a global audience with bold colour, unexpected layers and an approach to hijab styling that treats fashion as a space for creativity and self-expression.

Host Mai Habib talks with Samia about finding fashion later in life, drawing inspiration from both her Moroccan and Danish roots, and refusing to shrink herself to fit expectations of what a Muslim woman should look like. They also explore the fashion industry’s blind spots, the assumptions attached to the hijab, and why Samia has stopped trying to…

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