Women’s Style
Discovering the Beauty and Modesty of Muslim Fashion
San Francisco’s two major art museums are having a bit of a Muslim moment. At the Legion of Honor, there is an exhibition entitledIslam and the Classical Heritage, a display of 14th-to 19th-century Arabic manuscripts on loan from the National Library of Israel. The subject matter of this small collection mostly consists of the illustrated…
U.K. Officials Help Islamists Force Young Girls into Veils
Public officials in the UK are currently allowing Islamists to control what Muslim girls will wear in schools. They have portrayed the Islamic veil as an “empowering” marker of Muslim identity. With such rhetoric, they have assisted Islamist groups in Great Britain intent on normalizing “the contestable view that Muslim women should be entirely covered…
Why Fashion & Makeup Is A Celebration For Muslim Women
The past month has been one of the busiest for Mawluda Momin, the co-founder of Sydney modest fashion boutique, TWIICE. With extended Ramadan trading hours and high demand for a festive collection launched a fortnight ago, the booming business is testament to the important role fashion plays for many Muslim women in the lead up…
Hijab-wearing Muslim women still face prejudice in Kyiv
Editor’s Note: This article is a part of the “Journalism of Tolerance” project by the Kyiv Post and its affiliated non-profit organization, the Media Development Foundation. The project covers challenges faced by sexual, ethnic and other minorities in Ukraine, as well as people with physical disabilities and those living in poverty. This project is made possible by…
Hipsters With Hijabs • The Muslim women who are conquering the fashion world
Last September, Playboy featured a young journalist named Noor Tagouri wearing a leather jacket, making a mock growling expression and covering her head with a hijab, an item that has sparked a lot of stormy public arguments about attempts to ban its usage
Iran protests: Mahsa Amini’s death puts morality police under spotlight
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by Iran's so-called morality policehas sparked angry protests
PH Coast Guard adds hijab in uniform of its female Muslim personnel
MANILA, Philippines —The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has approved the inclusion of “hijab” in the uniform of its female Muslim personnel
‘It’s a very proud moment’: British Muslim women cheer hijab at World Cup
Watching Nouhaila Benzina has boosted confidence of women and girls to play football, helped by FA’s drive for inclusivity
The modest clothing store loved by Muslim women across the globe
Among the barrage of shisha spots, cafes, packed restaurants and takeaways stands an unassuming boutique clothes store on the corner of Curry Mile. Abayas Boutique on Grandale Street is only tiny, but its reach is massive
Indonesian Women Are Under Increasing Pressure to Wear the Hijab – Women’s Media Center
Indonesia, a Muslim-majority nation of 280 million people, has witnessed growing religious conservatism in recent years — a movement that has extended across different facets of Indonesian society, including a new sense of Islamic identity politics and actual politics. This rising conservatism has disproportionately affected girls and women in the country. One of the most…
