For many Muslim women, wearing a hijab is an expression of faith, modesty, and identity. But if you’ve ever noticed thinning hair, breakage, or a receding hairline along your scarf line, you’re not ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

When the 21-year-old Lebanese-American sang in the viral video while wearing the hijab—a head covering and modest garment considered sacred by Muslim women—she instantly became well-known.

In Urdu, prose poetry or ‘nasri nazm’ is purported to have begun with Sajjad Zaheer, and subsequently crafted, among others, by Meeraji, Ahmad Hamesh, Wazir Agha, Kishwar Naheed, M.

Iran's parliament has approved a new hijab law imposing severe fines on women who violate dress codes. This move comes amid growing defiance and protests following Mahsa Amini's death. https://p ...

Eminent Urdu writer Shamim Tariq on Wednesday said that Firaq Gorakhpuri is the Mir of modern Urdu poetry. Tariq was speaking at the opening session of the two-day national seminar “Firaq ...

In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes ... she uses the fragments of old poetry to “shore against my ruins”.

The 76th death anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, was commemorated at the National Press Club in Dhaka with Urdu songs and poetry on Wednesday. Speakers on the ...

And that's because she wears a hijab. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the Geneva, Switzerland-based organization that governs the sport worldwide, in 2017 overturned a global ban ...

Massri helped organise some of the protests in Miami, Florida. She proudly wore her hijab - as she had for the past 12 years - grabbed a megaphone, marched, and demanded justice. More than 10,000 ...

Urdu poetry, fuelled by love and longing, fired up by politics, amplified by Instagram and reimagined by indie bands, is finding new fans What’s your love language? For young people in India ...

Zuleyha Keskin is an associate professor at the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation at Charles Sturt University (CSU) and explains that the word hijab is multifaceted. She says it can be ...