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Two women sit outside, using their cell phones. They are wearing face masks in addition to head coverings.

One year on, Muslim women reflect on wearing the niqab in a mask-wearing world

Identity

Muslim women say the practice of wearing masks during the pandemic has given them more confidence to wear religious face coverings in public.

Ally Matthan and Anju Maudgal Kadam vowed to wear saris 100 times over the course of a year — their challenge was quickly taken up by other Indian women.

Two friends made a pledge to wear saris more — now their pact is catching on

Lifestyle
School Year Blog: I tried to give fashion advice to a South African teenager and this is what happened

School Year Blog: I tried to give fashion advice to a South African teenager and this is what happened

Development & Education

NYC Designers Create ‘Drone-Proof’ Clothing

Global Politics

Saudi Blogger Rana Jarbou’s Niqab Experiment

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Saudi Arabia: The Case of the Disappearing Abaya

Dusk had fallen. I was greeted by the supermoon dominating the clear desert night sky. What doesn’t greet me is…my abaya […]

French Attacks Spurred by Anti-Immigration Sentiment, Critics Warn

Mohammed Merah, a French national of Algerian descent and former member of al-Qaeda, was allegedly behind two separate attacks in France this week. Merah is suspected to have shot four people at a Jewish school and three soldiers of Arab descent, possibly to avenge the deaths of Palestinian children and protest French military deployments abroad. […]

A Closer Look at France’s Burqa Ban

In just a few days, a new law goes into effect in France, banning any veils that cover the face. Effectively a “burqa ban,” the law was passed last fall by the French senate with a vote of 246 to 1. But it’s not just the French senate that’s in favor of the ban. The […]

The World

Fashion students rethink the abaya

Lifestyle & Belief

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with fashion professor Kimberly Guthrie about a recent assignment she gave her students at Virginia Commonwealth University: they were asked to design an abaya

The World

The new black

Environment

Faith talks to Washington Post reporter Rick Weiss about the recent discovery of a new paper-thin material that is the blackest substance ever created.