What struck me as I saw “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” which is set in modern Tehran, is how 15 years after the Green Movement, the fire of the protestors is still burning.
Kyrgyzstan has outlawed the all-covering Islamic niqab. Authorities insists the ban does not extend to the hijab, the Islamic headscarf that has long been outlawed in schools and offices in all other ...
A hijab is a veil worn by certain Muslim women in the presence of any male outside of their immediate family. Muslim women from 140 countries worldwide celebrate world Hijab Day on 1 February each ...
How women survive inside one of Iran's most notorious prisons. Show more Thousands of women in Iran were arrested in 2022 after the Woman, Life, Freedom protests against the mandatory hijab. Many of ...