It is five years since Iranian Masih Alinejad started a movement - since joined by thousands of women - protesting against the compulsory wearing of the hijab, or headscarf, in her country.

But it was jarring and very unexpected to see myself on someone's Instagram without a hijab. This class was supposed to be a women-only space, and I had dressed accordingly. But now I felt ...

Since 2015, some Egyptian women wearing a hijab have taken to social media to complain about such treatment. Mayar Omar, a 25-year-old research executive from Cairo, says she has faced repeated ...

That was 24 years ago, when she was a young Muslim teenager who wore a hijab, an Islamic head covering, everywhere — including on roller coasters — to honor her faith. Fast forward to Sept.

For many women, wearing the hijab in the Muslim world today is not the continuation of traditional ways of dressing, but rather a new trend. The contemporary adoption of “Islamic dress” consisting of ...

Stylist contributor Zeynab Mohamed breaks down the four pillars of hijabi haircare, from tackling hair loss and dehydration to minimising friction. When I finally graduated to looking after my own ...

The Defence Headquarters has said a notorious terrorist kingpin in Jigawa State known as Mai Hijabi has been killed in an operation conducted during the week. This, the DHQ said, was part of its ...

This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting.

A longtime French teacher claims the Upper East Side’s elite, all-girls Spence School fired her for giving a straightforward answer about France’s controversial hijab law — which triggered ...

Sara describes making the decision to wear the hijab when she started secondary school. She talks to her friend India about how it made her feel nervous, but they both soon got used to it.