A modest proposal.

Clothing designers can sometimes change how people live and pray, as they did for young Somali women in Kenya's refugee camps. Volleyball is one of the few leisure activities for these women, whose families fled the war in neighboring Somalia in the 1990s. But spiking and serving can be difficult while wearing the traditional Somali hijab: the players tend to get tangled up in the long head scarves. "Most of us are Muslims, and we want to preserve our religion," says Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim, 23. The United Nations refugee agency, along with Nike, came to the rescue. Nike's designers helped the women devise a modest but sporty hijab that allows more freedom of movement. Although some traditionalists still, disapprove of sports for women, the Somali refugee community approved one of the uniform designs. "Our arms will be free now," says Hamdi Hassan Hashi, 27, one of the prayers. "There won't be as much cloth in the way."