Women in Islam

Ayşe Yıldırım started her modest fashion brand, Miss Ayşe, over a decade ago.

Turkey’s modest fashion market hits its stride

Fashion

Turkey is quickly becoming a global center of modest fashion — a retail sector that caters to women in Muslim countries who often seek out clothing with more coverage than mainstream brands tend to offer.

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.

Top Saudi cleric says women need not wear long robes, in sign of loosening rules

Culture
Cairo University

Women scholars in Egypt reflect on the intersection of Islam and feminism

Belief
Veiled women sit as they chat in a garden in the ISIS-controlled province of Raqqa in northern Syria.

In ISIS-held territory, the Great Satan is the beauty shop

Conflict