'Songs from Inside' is part of the BBC 100 Women series and is available to watch on the BBC World Service YouTube page. To find out more about the other inspiring and influential women on this year's ...

World HJijab Day is an opportunity to show solidarity with Muslim girls and women and stand against bigotry, discrimination, ...

"I first wore the hijab at the age of 11, just as I was starting secondary school," she recalls. "It was entirely my decision ...

World Hijab Day, celebrated annually on February 1, aims to promote awareness, understanding, and tolerance regarding the ...

The head of the UN's Palestinian aid agency has described the allegations as "deeply disturbing and shocking", but says the ...

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 ...

Hijab is a symbol of Islam and an obligation for Muslime women while wearing it is a religious act, it is also for modesty in ...

As Muslims all over the world commemorate the World Hijab Day, Muslim women in Osun State have lamented that they are still ...

“Shucked”: A Tony Award-winning musical comedy at Des Moines Civic Center, 221 Walnut St. Various showtimes Jan. 28-Feb. 2 ...

A coalition of Nigerian Muslim women has commended the Federal Government for being instrumental to advancing the dignity of Hijab wearers in the country.