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 ...
Some Americans believe that the Islamic faith is oppressive for women. In the West, particularly in France, the hijab, or headscarf, that many Muslim women wear has become a symbol of this perceived ...
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 ...
NEW YORK – On the night of the California shootings, Asifa Quraishi-Landes sat on her couch, her face in her hands, and thought about what was ahead for her and other Muslim women who wear a scarf or ...
I decided to start (Sabaya Club) because after high school, after college, girls that are Arab, Muslim struggle to find ...
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 ...
The summer Olympics are fast approaching, and there are plenty of reasons to start getting excited. For example, 30-year-old fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad just qualified for the Olympics, which will make ...
Muslim women have spoken about how wearing the hijab is “empowering” in the face of a new poll that has revealed almost half of Britons believe that women are pressured into putting it on. The survey ...
For some Muslim women, wearing a hijab can be a religious act but Muslim women’s clothing isn’t entirely about faith. It has been used – and is still used – as an assertion of identity. Some Americans ...
<p Some Americans believe that the Islamic faith is oppressive for women. In the West, particularly in France, the hijab, or headscarf, that many Muslim women wear has become a symbol of this ...
Senior Religion + Ethics Editor, Director of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative For people who would like to learn more about Islam, The Conversation is publishing a series of articles, ...