Women in Iran are required, by law to cover their hair with a veil and wear loose-fitting clothing. Many choose to wear a chador —“tent” in Farsi—a long…
An Egyptian feminist group challenged Saudi Arabia’s “patriarchal” authorities in Cairo on Sunday, by standing outside the kingdom’s embassy while wearing short skirts, just days…
If undergoing the trauma of rape is not bad enough, getting married to the rapist makes things even worse. It’s appalling when someone who should be behind…
A Saudi woman was arrested and questioned for donning a skirt in the highly conservative Muslim country where woman are required to cover their full…
The first edition of women’s arm wrestling tournament has been held in the central Iranian city of Kashan. A team named “Iron Arms” came first…
Saudi Arabia has said that it will grant girls in public schools access to physical education, a decision that comes after years of calls by…
The active role played by women in the Arab Spring of 2010-2011 was seen inside and outside the region as an example showing that a…
As well as being a member of Emirates NBD’s group executive committee, Lubna Qassim also sits on the board of a Lebanese bank. It’s a…
When Karin Brogtrop-Beekman signed up for the Tehran marathon, she was joining women flying in from all over the world to run what would have…
The first black Muslim woman to be appointed to the state’s highest court was found dead in New York’s Hudson river on Wednesday. Sheila Abdus-Salaam was…
