How to maintain modesty, anonymity on a relationship app? New Muslim service puts up ‘digital veil’
DUBAI - A new matchmaking app wants to flip how Muslims find partners online by putting up a ‘digital veil’ to emphasise connections and downplay profile pictures.
The new app launched out of Dubai, Veil, was founded by two childhood friends from Oxford - Olid Waleed Uddin, who works as a digital marketing specialist in the UK and Adam Ward, a real estate project manager in Dubai.
“The 'digital Veil' is a concept which was created for the Muslim population in mind to maintain modesty and respect,” Ward told Salaam Gateway.
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