San Francisco Museum Shows Modest Fashion The Islamic Society of Edmond’s mosque, which is located near the University of Central Oklahoma, completed its new fellowship hall on October 2018. Originally built in 1990, the city approved the construction in 2015 after the community agreed to reduce its size from 8,307 square feet to 1,100 square feet and give up its planned dome. The facility has 57 parking spaces. San Francisco’s de Young Museum exhibited “Contemporary Muslim Fashions” during Sept. 22, 2018-Jan. 6, 2019. The event, reported AP on Sept. 21, 2018, displayed about 80 modest dress attire ensembles designed by nearly 60 designers from the Middle East, Southeast Asia and other regions. The vibrant, elegant and playful clothes ranged from high-end couture to sassy streetwear. The people behind the installation, the first major museum exhibition of its kind, hope to spark a deeper understanding of
Muslimahs. Jill D’Alessandro, the curator in charge of costume and textile arts for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which includes the de Young Museum, told AP’s Janie Hair that the idea for the exhibition predated Trump’s election. This exhibit came amid conflicts in Western countries over Muslimah clothing. Modest fashion has become a $44 billion industry, with more Western fashion houses catering to Muslim consumers. The show has now moved to Frankfurt’s Museum Angewandte Kunst. ih
ShariaPortfolio, a 16-year-old boutique asset management firm specializing in Sharia-compliant investing, welcomed Hamid Abdollahi as the seventh member of its investment advisor representatives’ team on Nov. 7, 2018. Abdollahi, who formerly worked for Edward Jones as a financial advisor, holds an undergraduate degree from Boston University and a master’s degree in business management from Cambridge College. ih
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