A fully veiled Saudi social media sensation is causing a splash in the fast-growing world of modest fashion by starring in a glamorous magazine photo shoot clad in a high-fashion niqab. Operating ...

Poetic audio tale exploring feminist resilience in the form of an urban walk Sara Shaarawi’s Niqabi Ninja is a righteously furious audio performance designed for small groups to experience as they ...

In Sara Shaarawi’s audio drama Niqabi Ninja (****) - now playing in Edinburgh as part of the International Festival, and in five other locations across Scotland - the story begins with an image of ...

The content of Sara Shaarawi’s Niqabi Ninja is both specific and universal. Originally created in response to the mass sexual assaults which took place in Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Arab Spring ...

'Black tent' is what many people think when they see a niqabi woman on the street. The full-face cover is commonly associated with oppression and blind religious conservatism. So naturally, we were ...

Last year, Hafsah Penney of Edmonton, Canada, had her yearbook caption quite literally shared ’round the world. Penney, 20, wears a niqab—a veil worn by some Muslim women in public that only reveals ...

Emojis have become an integral part of our existence in this digital age because why express how happy you are with words when you can do it with a little yellow smiley that has hearts instead of eyes ...

The American University in Cairo (AUC) rolled back on its decision to not allow students and faculty staff wearing the niqab (full-face veil) to enter campus, justifying the change of position by ...