San Francisco • The head covering is among the most identifiable elements of Muslim women’s dress and most likely to be portrayed as drab and restrictive to the Western eye. But a new exhibition in ...
A group of Muslim women in France says they have a dream—a dream to “have fun in public swimming pools like all other citizens.” That’s why they defied a burkini ban at a swimming pool in Grenoble, ...
When it comes to women’s clothing, Islam has very high standards. According to Islamic piety, it must be long, loose, and free of any clearance, and it must cover the full body. However, there are ...
The idea that what you choose to wear on the outside is intimately tied to what you believe on the inside is a big "no duh" for anyone who loves clothes. And when your identity is strongly connected ...
(RNS) — San Francisco's de Young Museum has produced the first major museum exhibition to focus on Islamic fashion worldwide. Meanwhile, Texas-based designer Subhi Taha is gearing up to launch the ...
Hmoud is a rising junior at High Tech High and lives in Clairemont. Eid al-Adha is a day I look forward to every year. It’s a time of communal prayer, attending mosque, visiting with family and ...
A must-see show at the Cooper Hewitt celebrates these exquisite designs Wendy Moonan - Museums Correspondent Muslim fashion is big business. Statistics from a 2016-2017 report by Thomson Reuters and ...
The Dutch government is debating whether to make it a crime to wear a burqa, a form of traditional female Islamic dress that covers the entire body except for the eyes. Supporters of the ban say the ...
There’s a new must-see event on the fashion calendar. Earlier this month, the fashion elite gathered in Dubai for the first-ever Pret-A-Cover, a glamorous event during which designers from around the ...
It takes a lot of work to marginalize 3.5 million Americans at once. But the ROTC did just that when it stereotyped Muslims to portray enemy combatants. During a training held by UCLA’s and California ...