{{Short description|Name of dolls design by Ammar Saadeh}} {{refimprove|date=August 2013}}
'''Razanne''' is a series of dolls designed and produced by Ammar Saadeh, a Palestinian expatriate living in Michigan, United States.
The dolls hit the consumer markets in 1996. Inspired by the American doll ''Barbie'', ''Razanne'' is aimed, according to Saadeh, to help Muslim girls develop self-esteem and to dream. All Razanne dolls are equipped with hijab.<ref name="MoreyYaqin2011">{{cite book|last1=Morey|first1=Peter|last2=Yaqin|first2=Amina|title=Framing Muslims|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=46v5uCV9JBYC&pg=PA182|accessdate=19 August 2013|year=2011|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=9780674048522|page=182}}</ref> The United States media already calls ''Razanne'' the ''Muslim Barbie''.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} There are also some further toys and accessories featuring Razanne as a character including a colouring book.
Saadeh hopes the doll will sell well in countries such as Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, where it has been sold since 2004. The doll is expected to sell well in Saudi Arabia, where the doll also debuted in 2004.
Apart from sales in the United States, the dolls are also sold in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Singapore.
Another current doll featuring a positive, but identifiably Islamic female character is the Fulla doll marketed in Saudi Arabia, Brazil, China, and Egypt. It is sold more profitably than Razanne.
==See also== *Barbie *Fulla (doll) *Jamila (doll) *Saghira
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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.noorart.com/shop_category/razanne_doll_toys}}
Category:Fashion dolls Category:Playscale figures Category:Products introduced in 1996
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