Police Scotland is set to introduce a hijab as part of its uniform in an effort to encourage more Muslim women to join the force. A suitable headscarf has been tested and will now be presented for consideration, before being incorporated into the standard uniform. Hillary Clinton gave a victory speech Tuesday night positioning herself […]

Malaysian Rozana Isa thinks that the greatest injustice is how the lives of women have been held back simply because of the reluctance to recognize that women have rights. An increasing number of swimming pools in Sweden are offering gender-segregated hours in order to encourage more women to visit. The rise in women-only swimming hours […]

A travelling exhibition showcasing Muslim fashion in Australia has opened at the National Archives in Canberra. Australian fashion designers have tapped into an international market of women who want fashionable clothing that still adheres to Muslim tenets of modesty. Muslim women are much less likely to have a graduate level job than Christian women with […]

Turkey’s first International Modest Fashion Week has opened in Istanbul bringing designers and models of conservative wear from around the world. During the event, models hit the runway at a historic train station donning a bright palette of breezy garment and kaleidoscopic headscarves. Founder Deeyah Khan founded “Sister-hood”, a magazine that aims to highlight diversity, […]

Inas Nofal aims to win medals for Palestine at international competitions, but training in Gaza presents a challenge. Inas says: “running is my life. Before I go to sleep, I think about which routes I’ll run the next day.” Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where women cannot legally drive. Over the […]

Dedicated just for women, Indian IT major Wipro announced that it has signed a tripartite deal to set up Saudi Arabia’s first all-women business and technology park in collaboration with Saudi Aramco and Princess Nourah University in Saudi Arabia. Leila Ben Gacem is one of many entrepreneurs determined to revive her country’s struggling economy and […]

N.J. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad embraces a bigger Olympic platform as a Muslim woman. She is the first American in the Olympics wearing a hijab. For the first time in its history, the 1000-year-old mosque at Thazhathangady, famous for its rich architecture and wood carvings, has thrown open its doors for Muslim women in Kerala. Amal […]

Meet OOMK (One Of My Kind magazine), the collective championing Muslim women in the zine world, based in London, where faith, art, and identity are being explored. Playing instruments was banned during Taliban rule in Afghanistan, and many conservative Muslims still frown on most forms of music today. That is why this all-female orchestra in […]

Michael Jordan has his own line of shoes. Tiger Woods has his own line of golf apparel. And now Ruqsana Begum, a Muslim muay Thai fighter, has her own line of sports hijabs. The children’s TV show Sesame Street has introduced a new character: Zari, a 6-year-old girl from Afghanistan. She made her debut on the […]

Meet Lulwah Al Hmoud, A Saudi artist, whose work reframes traditional Islamic geometry and calligraphy using techniques such as silkscreen printing, painting and gilding. Dalia Mogahed is an American Muslim scholar. The Tempest had the opportunity to speak to Mogahed about her work, projects, upbringing, and more. At a time when fear of international terror […]