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The Indian Express13d
Why defeats and arrest warrant for not wearing hijab won’t prevent Sara Khadem from smiling
The Iran-born player made global headlines in December 2022 when she opted not to wear a hijab during the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. It was a stand she took partly to protest the ...
The Star26d
Safiya Saeed: 'First black woman wearing a hijab' proud and honoured to be elected as Lord Mayor of Sheffield
She said: “I stand before you today in great pride and joy, it is more than an honour, I am honoured to be the first black woman wearing a hijab to take this role. “Today, this gives me the ...
BBC27d
City names first black, hijab-wearing Lord Mayor
The new Lord Mayor of Sheffield has made history as the first black woman wearing a hijab to be appointed to the role. Labour's Safiya Saeed was inaugurated as the city's 128th Lord Mayor at a ...
Daily Mail28d
Ministers told to proscribe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp as a terrorist group after UK arrests and row over 'hijab and chastity law'
More than 550 MPs and peers have signed a letter calling for the 125,000-strong Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp to be outlawed in the UK over the hardline regime's so-called 'hijab and chastity ...