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women in Islam

Ayşe Yıldırım started her modest fashion brand, Miss Ayşe, over a decade ago.
Fashion
Turkey’s modest fashion market hits its stride
Shamso Ahmed smiles with red lipstick and a white hijab
Massachusetts gets its first hair salon that’s exclusively for women who wear hijab
Saudi women use their mobile phones in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2, 2017.
Culture
Top Saudi cleric says women need not wear long robes, in sign of loosening rules
Cairo University
Belief
Women scholars in Egypt reflect on the intersection of Islam and feminism
Veiled women sit as they chat in a garden in the ISIS-controlled province of Raqqa in northern Syria.
Conflict
In ISIS-held territory, the Great Satan is the beauty shop