Tahera Rahman

Tahera Rahman
Born (1991-01-24) January 24, 1991 (age 33)[1]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[2]
Occupation(s)News producer
Newscaster

Tahera Shireen Rahman (born January 24, 1991) is an American newscaster who is known for becoming the first full-time hijabi Muslim broadcast newscaster in the United States, on February 8, 2018, for WHBF-TV after previously working for the station as a producer.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

  1. ^ Rahman, Tahera (2019-01-24). "Tahera Rahman on Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. ^ "Tahera Rahman". WHBF - OurQuadCities.com. 2018-02-07. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  3. ^ Ikomoni, Alexandria (2019-09-27). "Bittersweet moment! You all will be missed at the station! So excited for your future and journey.pic.twitter.com/JOvxf2sDOX". @AIkomoniTV. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  4. ^ "Meet the first American TV reporter to wear a hijab on the air". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  5. ^ Lundberg, Tiffany (2018-02-10). "Tahera's Journey: Making history and breaking barriers". OURQUADCITIES. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  6. ^ "America just got its first Muslim TV reporter who wears a hijab". Metro. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  7. ^ "'My America, too.' This Iowa TV reporter is the first to wear a hijab on air in the U.S. — haters or no haters". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  8. ^ Farabaugh, Kane. "Hijab-Wearing TV Reporter Charts New Path for Muslim-Americans". VOA. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  9. ^ "Tahera Rahman Becomes First Full-Time TV Reporter to Wear Hijab". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  10. ^ Herald Staff Report (2018-09-13). "Panel will focus on racism". Clinton Herald. Retrieved 2018-10-10. The panel discussion will feature WHBF news reporter, Tahera Rahman, the first woman in hijab to work as an on-air reporter for American television. Tahera joined the WHBF Local 4 News team as a producer in May 2016.
  11. ^ Jones, Ja'han (2018-03-05). "Tahera Rahman Just Became The First Full-Time Hijabi Reporter On Air In America". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  12. ^ Hancock, Amanda. "Rock Island TV reporter Tahera Rahman featured on NBC's 'Today' show". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  13. ^ "Meet the USA's first hijabi newsreader". Emirates Woman. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  14. ^ "America's 1st Hijab-Wearing TV Reporter Tahera Rahman Goes on Air Without Glitch". Al Bawaba. 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  15. ^ "First full-time hijab-wearing on-air reporter breaks barriers in US". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2018-10-10.