One year into the pandemic, protective face masks have come to signify different things for different groups of people. At the same time, racialized perceptions related to masks have put an additional ...

PATNA: In a shocking incident that has sent shockwaves, a group of Hindutva supporters allegedly forced a Muslim woman to ...

CAIRO (AP) — Across the Middle East and elsewhere, some conservative Muslim women only look out at the world around them from behind the niqab. For most, the niqab is a choice. They do so out of their ...

Police in Kyrgyzstan have issued hefty fines and official warnings to hundreds of women wearing the niqab, a face veil that is banned in the Muslim-majority country. At least 29 women were each fined ...

Hijab, niqab, burka - there are lots of different kinds of coverings worn by Muslim women all over the world. Some women wear a headscarf to cover their head and hair, while others wear a burka or ...

A Muslim woman was harassed and forced to remove her niqab by a group of men after she was spotted with a Hindu man in ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Aysha Obeid couldn't get a job as a shop assistant in Dubai because of the veil that covered her face, exposing only her eyes to the outside world. So to improve her employment ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. Mary-Ann Kirkby knows what it's like to have others think she is oppressed. She said as a Hutterite, ...

Swiss voters approved a referendum to ban religious veils like the burqa or the niqab. A survey found no evidence that the minority who wear a niqab are connected to extremism, instead choosing to do ...

One year into the pandemic, protective face masks have come to signify different things for different groups of people. At the same time, racialized perceptions related to masks have put an additional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nigerian chef Sherifah Yunus Olokodana speaks during an interview with Reuters in her studio in Lagos Nigerian chef Sherifah Yunus ...