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Posted by samya on 15 Jul 2016 / 0 Comment
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Photography Project Lets Young Afghan Girls Share Their View of the World. Most of these students have never held a camera.

When Islamic State stormed her town, Layla Mohammed fled, but she is now back and determined to rebuild against the odds. Mohammed is breaking boundaries in Syrian town freed from Islamic State.

In a country considered one of the worst places on earth to be female, where women face daily harassment and obstacles due to their gender, being online has given them more freedom in their protracted battle for equal rights.

FIFA’s U-17 Women’s World Cup will kick off on September 30 in Jordan. Many girls’ dream is about to become reality and they will make history later this year when they take part in their first ever football world cup.

‘My hijab is my crown. Why would a queen ever take off her crown?’ Muslim women fight stereotypes by sharing their stories on the ‘Hijabis of New York Facebook’ page.

A Muslim woman in France who was fired for refusing to remove her headscarf should have been allowed to cover her head at work, a legal advisor to the EU’s top court has stated, adding that the request amounts to “unlawful direct discrimination.”

The hijab is the ‘centerpiece’ of these outfits rocked by young Toronto Muslim women. These YouTubers want to challenge notion that hijab is restricting.

Four girls from Vermont are using their voices and powerful performance poetry to get their message out about being Muslim in America. Meet Kirin, Lena, and Hawa.


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