Hijab

From a professor teaching ‘Lolita’ in secret, to a graphic novel set in the Islamic Revolution, these memoirs contextualise life as a woman in Iran

Events singling out the Muslim community have led to young women asserting their identity through modest fashion—the hijab, abaya and burkha—driving up sales and provoking new fashion trends and questions about Muslim womanhood in India

Events singling out the Muslim community have led to young women asserting their identity through modest fashion—the hijab, abaya and burkha—driving up sales and provoking new fashion trends and questions about Muslim womanhood in India

Many young Muslim women are becoming the first in their families to take to the hijabFor these women, taking to the hijab is a matter of self expression and choice

Randa Abdel-Fattah on how her novel, about a teenager's choice to don the hijab, transformed readers' understanding of Muslims

Aniso Abdulkadir was waiting for a tube at Baker Street station when a man 'grabbed' her headscarf before lashing out with his fists and pinning one of her friends up against a wall, says BBC

The complex relationship that the two have had over the centuries continues to this day

Nike becomes the first major sports apparel maker to offer a traditional Islamic head scarf , marketed under the 'Pro Hijab' brand, designed specifically for competitions

The world is complicated, too complicated for the simplistic philosophies of bigots