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 ...

In a world where representation is more important than ever, Muslim women globally are rewriting the definition of beauty, talent, and identity. A slew of high-profile women demonstrates the ...

Twin Cities nonprofit leader Nausheena Hussain wrote her debut novel "Prosperity with Purpose: A Muslim Woman's Guide to Generosity and Abundance." NINA MOINI: A new book is helping Muslim women take ...

When non-Muslim women across New Zealand draped scarves on their heads last month to show their solidarity with Muslims a week after the horrific massacres at two mosques in Christchurch, it was ...

If you head over to Twitter today and click on the hashtag #MuslimWomensDay, you will find an amazing stream of women supporting other women in honor of the first annual Muslim Women's Day. Personally ...

When Maysoon Khatib first moved to Murray, Kentucky, with her husband back in 2012, it was a big change. The 44-year-old grew up in Southern California and was used to seeing people of all different ...

Missing from the House by Rasheed Kidwai and Ambar Kumar Ghosh is a necessary and timely piece. It voices the stories of 18 Muslim women who have been elected to the Lok Sabha since 1952.

Safety does not happen by chance; it is created by the choices we make, in the politics we support, in the moments when we ...

Thirty women on a gym mat punch palm-first, striking invisible targets at shoulder level. “Again,” the instructor calls out. Nearly all the women are wearing a hijab, one of the reasons they’re in ...

Several weeks ago I had the privilege of meeting Nadiah Mohajir, a Muslim-American woman who spoke after a Chicago screening of "Radical Grace," a documentary about Catholic sisters working for ...

The latest iteration of the so-called “Muslim ban” was upheld by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling, leading many critics to call the decision a triumph of legal technicalities over principle. In this ...