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News Articles: hijab

Jamileh Alamolhoda is the wife of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

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Why Iran won't budge on mandatory hijab laws — according to the president's wife

Jamileh Alamolhoda, the wife of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, talks about why Iran's government is unwilling to compromise on compulsory headscarf rules.

September 25, 2023
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  • Steve Inskeep
A young fan came to the Mumbai home of rapper Saniya Mistri Qayammuddin – aka Saniya MQ — to pay her respects and pose for a selfie.

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  • Music

The improbable fame of a hijab-wearing teen rapper from a poor neighborhood in Mumbai

First Saniya wrote poems. Then she began rapping. Now she appears on TV and YouTube and before big crowds, spreading her message about justice. Her father the rickshaw driver is her chauffeur.

April 16, 2023
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  • Raksha Kumar
In this image taken from video by Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi speaks to journalists in Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022.

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  • Asia

Athlete Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without a hijab, returns to Iran

Competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi received a hero's welcome on her return to Tehran Wednesday, after competing in South Korea without wearing a mandatory headscarf required of Iranian female athletes

October 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A woman in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia watches a video of Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competing without a hijab at an international climbing competition in Seoul, South Korea.

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  • Middle East

Worry grows for a female Iranian athlete who climbed without a hijab

Media reports warned she may have been forced by Iranian officials to leave early from a competition in South Korea and could face arrest back home, which Tehran quickly denied.

October 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Aftab Ali Khan, a lawyer representing one of the petitioners briefs media persons at the Supreme Court premises in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.

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A panel on India's top court splits on school ban on Muslim headscarves

Two judges on India's top court on Thursday differed over a ban on the wearing of a headscarf used by Muslim women in educational institutions and referred the issue to a larger bench to settle.

October 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Members of the All India Muslim Students Federation protest at Delhi University against the hijab ban in educational institutions, on Feb. 8 in New Delhi, India.

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  • World

As India turns 75, Muslim girls are suing to wear the hijab — and protect secularism

When her high school banned the hijab, Ayesha Shifa sued. Her case went to India's Supreme Court. A verdict, expected soon, could redefine what secularism means in the world's largest democracy.

August 24, 2022
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  • Lauren Frayer
A student takes photographs of placards during a protest against banning Muslim girls from wearing the hijab in educational institutions in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, in New Delhi on Feb. 8, 2022.

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  • Asia

India court upholds a ban on hijab in schools and colleges

Some rights activists have voiced concerns that the ban could increase Islamophobia in a country where violence and hate speech against Muslims have increased in recent years.

March 15, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Halima Aden attends the premiere of Netflix's <em>Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly</em> at Barker Hangar on Aug. 27, 2019, in Santa Monica, Calif.

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  • Arts & Life

'I'm Not A Cover Girl': Halima Aden On Why She Decided To Leave A Modeling Career

Halima Aden, the first hijab-wearing supermodel, thought a career in fashion might help her be a role model. But it left her feeling disconnected from her own image. So she's leaving it behind.

February 16, 2021
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  • Ziad Buchh

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