How a refugee went from Target cashier to famed supermodel — without sacrificing her hijab
Discovered on Instagram, Ugbad Abdi's journey from Somali refugee raised in Des Moines, Iowa, to high fashion supermodel is a ...
Big Brother in Tehran: Iran's police state supresses women with AI, drones
Authoritarian regimes often enforce strict clothing laws to assert their dominance over their citizens' physical and ...
Bangla situation area of concern, says US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard
India has raised the issue of minority persecution several times since the change of guard in Bangladesh last August when a ...
Woman Never Felt Represented on Screen. Now, She's Getting the Attention of A-List Stars with Her Method Dressing (Exclusive)
Creator and presenter Zainab Jiwa spoke exclusively with PEOPLE about her journey as a fashion and pop culture fan which ...
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A Muslim Athlete Needed Modest Sportswear. Now She Sells It to Others.
Kiandra Browne had little interest in religion growing up in multicultural Montreal. But she did have a curious mind. “If you ...
New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...
In Afghanistan, young women under Taliban ditch the burka for something ‘more comfortable’
Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...
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French citizen Olivier Grondeau is freed after over 880 days in a prison in Iran
This photo provided by the The Crisis and Support Centre of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on Thursday, March 20, 2025 shows France's Olivier Grondeau sitting in a plane after being ...
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I used to work at GCHQ — now I’m a model at 84
I started 2025 quite deliberately leaving my diary blank. I’d already made a series of changes to my life – aged 84 – after selling the house following the sudden loss of my husband Colin in ...