What the Muslim high school senior wants you to understand is that she doesn't wear the hijab, the head scarf worn by Muslim women, because she is submissive. "It represents beauty to me," says ...

The country’s new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian campaigned on a promise to halt the harassment of women by morality ...

But as a Muslim woman who has been following hijabi bloggers for decades, I questioned why they were being left out of the narrative. Because they were the true pioneers. Sydney-based influencer ...

Since 2015, some Egyptian women wearing a hijab have taken to social media to complain about such treatment. Mayar Omar, a 25-year-old research executive from Cairo, says she has faced repeated ...

It comes as the UN warns Iranian women still face violent punishment for not wearing the hijab.

It is five years since Iranian Masih Alinejad started a movement - since joined by thousands of women - protesting against the compulsory wearing of the hijab, or headscarf, in her country.

An Iranian woman without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, walks in a street in Tehran, Iran, 15 September 2024 (EPA) Ayatollah Khamenei’s stance reportedly remained a significant obstacle to change.

A woman in a hijab was attacked with a “We Love Joe” sign at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Monday after she unfurled a protest banner during President Joe Biden’s speech.

So when balaclavas, which essentially cover the same area as a hijab, recently began trending on TikTok, many Muslim women were quick to point out the similarities between the two accessories ...

Iranian authorities toughened enforcement this year of an Islamist law that requires women and girls to cover their hair with a hijab in public, even inside a vehicle. Iranian morality police ...

What the Muslim high school senior wants you to understand is that she doesn't wear the hijab, the head scarf worn by Muslim women, because she is submissive. "It represents beauty to me," says ...

On the streets of Iranian cities, it’s becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, as the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the mass ...