The internet came to the defense of a woman who refused to take off her hijab to please her friend's future in-laws at a wedding. To get the community's thoughts, the posted to Reddit's popular ...
“Hijab, in Islam, means to, you know, cover yourself and stay modest,” said Aisha Sadaat, a freshman medical studies student. “But further than that, the hijab is a kind of relationship and constant ...
Aya Elamroussi says being Muslim in America is hard enough. But “being visibly Muslim and a woman, oftentimes while also being a person of color, adds a layer of nuance that impacts how Muslim women ...
Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh at age 11, faced years of shaming over wearing a headscarf in New York. So, in 2013, she started World Hijab Day – a day for both Muslim ...
Celebrated on Feb. 1, World Hijab Day is a “recognition of millions of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab and live a life of modesty.” A student on the campus of the University of New Mexico in ...
A video of Ali Shamkhani's daughter wearing a strapless wedding gown at a luxury hotel has sparked outrage in Iran. Critics accuse the regime of hypocrisy, contrasting the lavish Western-style ...
New Delhi: A video of the wedding of Fatima, the daughter of Ali Shamkhani, an advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is going viral on social media. The wedding took place last ...
Melanie Elturk turned to her faith and love of fashion to empower Muslim women. Melanie Elturk said she first started wearing a hijab full time when she was a freshman in high school. It was 1998 in ...
Wania Tayyab, 15, remembers the first time she wore the hijab, on a trip to Five Below when she was 12 or 13. “My mom said, ‘You’re growing, why don’t you try wearing hijab?’” Tayyab says she was ...
In January 2018, I signed up to work as a substitute teacher at a public school in Columbus, Ohio. When I showed up, I wore what I thought was professional attire for a school teacher, including a ...
PARIS, July 24 (Reuters) - French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while ...