How far are you willing to go for your dream

THE MOST CONFIDENT WOMAN ON EARTH!!! The Hijabi Woman on a mission to be an Anchor on the American Television.

Her name is Noor Tagouri, and she is a Hijabi (A hijabi is someone who covers their heads and some part of their neck, on grounds of religion, this act is found commonly among Muslim women).

Noor Tagouri

As a kid, Noor had identity crisis, she did not like the fact that her mum had to put on a Hijab every time she came around her(Noor), and her friends. she tried as much as she could not to ever talk about her religious background and culture. So obviously, for her a hijab at that age was a NO NO!!!

Which one of them is Noor? Can you guess

Noor’s role model was Oprah Winfrey, she especially liked the way Oprah asked questions and made people feel comfortable enough to share their most vulnerable experiences in her program. At a young age, she naturally wanted to take after her mentor’s footsteps, and with a very supportive father, who would take her on a visit to her favourite reporters, she was able to scale high.

Noor on Oprah Winfrey Network (Her role model)

To deal with her identity crisis, when they moved to Washington, she discovered that she was different and learnt to be very proud of it. That was when she decided to go under the veils and become a full hijabi.

Did you notice the Hijab in this picture?

After a research Noor made, she discovered that no Hijabi had ever been a presenter on the American Television. This singular discovery ignited a fire in her to want to be the first female Hijabi to be an anchor on the American Television.

On one occasion Noor shared a picture of herself in The ABC news desk, with the comments “Here is what my dream looks like”. Before the next day, the picture had gone viral, motivating lots of people to also put up pictures of what their dreams looked like. At that point she realized the power of social media. Capitalizing on this viral approach, Noor and her family came up with a hashtag campaign #LetNoorShine. This would encourage people to share and follow their dreams, no matter how impossible it seemed.

A Picture of what Noor's dream looks like

Despite other hijabi women warning Noor that “it’ll always be the scarf or the job,” Tagouri is confident that she won’t have to hide her beliefs to find employment. Besides, she says, “My identity is way more important to me than a job.” She is very confident that her dream will come true some day.

Currently, Noor is both a reporter and a motivational speaker. You can guess the area her motivation is tilting towards. She has talked on TEDx with the caption “Being Rebellious” and also travels widely to places like Paris to talk about the Hijab and the rights of women. Now she boasts of having more than 96,000 likes on Facebook, nearly 62,000 followers on Instagram and 17,000 on Twitter. Join the campaign today, to #LetNoorShine. What stands in the way of your dream, are you considering the option of giving up? Rise up, lets #Helpyoushine.

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THE FIRE BRAND NIGERIAN YOUNG GIRL AT 13

Zuriel Oduwole: The young Girl on a Journey to Promote Africa

What were you doing at the age of 9? okay 10. What about 11… I can’t remember what I was doing, but I can tell the tale of a girl who started her journey to fame and social development at the age of 9. With a CV to die for and the profile so many really hardworking people could not achieve their whole life.

Her name is Zuriel Elise Oduwole, a thirteen year old girl who identified her calling at the young age of 9. At the age of 11, Zuriel had interviewed 14 Presidents, many prime ministers and lots of prominent people in the likes of Aliko Dangote, and the Williams Sisters (Serena and Venus). Zuriel feels that interviewing Heads of states will give her the direct access to affect policies concerning girls and their education. Her point of satisfaction in these interviews is when the heads of state promise to effect the required changes that have been pointed out in their countries.

Zuriel the Wonder Girl

At the age of 10, Zuriel broke a world record of being the youngest person to be interviewed by Forbes, and listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She has also made the famous women magazine ELLE’s Global 33 List of women who changed the world.She has been interviewed on so many popular platforms.

Beyond all that have been listed above, Zuriel at her age has made thought provoking Documentaries about Africa, she is passionate about promoting Africa in a positive light, a dream that developed when she was 9, and entered for a competition that required her to interview the then Ghanaian President, President Jerry John Rawlings. Some of her documentaries include:

1.) The Ghana revolution

2.) Educating and Healing Africa out of Poverty

3.) Technology in Educational Development

4.) A Promising Africa

For her, being born Abroad is not a barrier to her Love for Africa, she regards herself as a Pan-African Child, being of the Nigerian and Mauritian heritage. Zuriel runs a project called the Dream up, Stand up, Speak up project, through which she moves around the globe talking to young people specifically girls about the opportunity that awaits them if they are educated.

Zuriel dressed in a popular African Attire

Zuriel’s lifelong dream is to become the President of the United states, and she feels she stands a great chance to achieve it. In comparing herself to the present President of the United States, president Barack Obama, she says: he was raised by a single parent and I have got two. At 11, he had never met a single President, but I have interviewed 14, so I think I stand a greater chance. She says that if she is the President of the United states, it will be easier for her to effect change in many African countries that she would not have reached if she is the president of just one African country.

With President oyce Banda of Malawi

Zuriel with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria

She discloses that despite the fact that she knows that she’s extraordinary, it doesn’t prevent her from being a regular kid, playing with her siblings and the neighbors, going to the mall with her mum. She is indeed a wonder girl and an inspiration to so many.

Zuriel with Her sisters

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