Gigi Hadid is the cover model for the first ever issue of Vogue Arabia.
The photos were shot by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and have been described as being styled in a "uniquely Arabian way".
Though Hadid is part Palestinian, people were unhappy with the photoshoot.
Gigi Hadid: Half-Palestinian but not Muslim. Vogue: Lets make Gigi Hadid wear a hijab because she's half- Palestini… https://t.co/Iw82XWXZI1
oh hell nah we ain't doing this https://t.co/VGL2CSpPi6
People have called it appropriation.
yall always say gigi is palestinian so she can appropriate aspects of islam like all palestinians are muslim or lik… https://t.co/o08PPH8Gob
And said that she used the hijab as "art", while other women are attacked for wearing it.
1 ur not muslim stop using the hijab for "art" 2 stop using the title "half palestinian" for ur benefit when u dont… https://t.co/3iusmoWzDc
So Gigi is getting praised for wearing a Hijab bc "fashion" while women who actually wear Hijab are attacked, shame… https://t.co/TnG1sSTuUJ
My girl Gigi can wear the hijab and make it a fashion statement but if I wear it I'm oppressed. Got it. https://t.co/axJPqC9rh6
CAN GIGI HADID STOP WEARING HIJAB AS A FASHION STATEMENT !!!! MUSLIM WOMEN ARE SHAMED FOR IT YET SHE CAN PARADE ARO… https://t.co/vweA9ZN1fM
And it even got political.
so Gigi Hadid remembers her Palestinian roots when vogue Arabia want to feature her but when it comes to political problems she's quiet
gigi "i have palestinian and muslim roots only when it benefits me" hadid https://t.co/BLZ34WbnBv
And people accused her of playing "dress up".
why is Gigi playing dress up when there are so many beautiful ACTUAL hijabis? I am tired. https://t.co/JoNe2rkw2m
But some said that as she grew up in a Muslim household, she wasn't appropriating.
Y'all are continuously bashing Gigi Hadid for her vogue shoot. Her father is Muslim, she was born in a Muslim hous… https://t.co/59mwj6pbxG
People defended Hadid due to her Palestinian father and said it's not appropriation.
people are really hating on gigi hadid for "appropriating middle eastern culture" when she's palestinian....ok
Has everyone forgotten that Gigi Hadid is half Palestinian? She's as entitled to wear the hijab and most of you Twitter muslims are.