http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/02/15/teen-stephanie-kurlow-first-hijab-wearing-ballerina-scholarship_n_9236124.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-universities-education&ir=UK+Universities+%26+Education
Stephanie Kurlow from Australia has a dream to be the first Hajib-wearing ballerina and she has landed a scholarship to a dance school.
Bjorn Borg, a company from Sweden, heard about Stephanie and offered to pay her fees.
In 2010 when Stephanie converted to Islam, she stopped dancing because she thought she could not be both Muslim and a professional ballerina. But recently she changed her mind;
"So many inspiring changes are happening to the world.. African-American ballerinas- Michaela De Prince and Misty Copeland, the first Hijabi Emirati [weight] lifter Amna Al Haddad and the first Hijabi news anchor on American television Noor Tagouri - that have motivated me to pursue my passion."
"I plan on bringing the world together by becoming the very first hijab-Wearing ballerina so that I can inspire so many other people to believe in themselves and pursue their dreams," she said. "I want to encourage everyone to join together no matter what faith, race or colour and I hope to leave in a world with greater acceptance."
- what's happening in the picture?
- What do you notice about what the dancer is wearing?
- Why did Stephanie think she had to stop dancing 6 years ago?
- What changed her mind?
- Some people might say Stephanie should not dance, what would you say to them?
- Why is a company from Sweden, thousands of miles away from Stephanie, helping her?
- What can we learn form Bjorn Borg company?
- What message do you think Stephanie wants to give to us? (no matter what faith, race or colour = no outsiders)
- What can we learn from Stephanie?
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