New Emoji

2017 has been an exciting year for 16-year-old Rayouf.

Read the following words and phrases and their definitions.

• to deal with - to work with or to handle something
• to represent - to be a sign or symbol of something
• headscarf - a piece of cloth worn over a woman's or girl's head
• amazing - wonderful, very special
• billions of people - a very large number of people

First read the assignment. Next watch the video. Take notes to help you do the assignment.

1. Why did Rayouf make the hijab emoji?


2. What does the organization Unicode do?


3. Name three sites where you can use the new emoji.

Extra reading assignment
Check out last year’s reading assignment about Rayouf and her emoji here or download it here (look for "Actuele leesopdracht 2, november 2016").