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Fulla, a dark-eyed doll with a hijab and a prayer mat, has displaced Barbie throughout the Arab world.

Although not the first doll with “Muslim values” - there is a Moroccan Barbie, and a veiled doll called Sara in Iran, and one called Razanne for Muslims in Britain and the US - Fulla is now the market leader.

Hijab doll ousts Barbie as Muslim favourite

Richard | September 24, 2005 •
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