In modern usage, hijab (Arabic: حجاب, romanized: ḥijāb, pronounced [ħɪˈdʒaːb]) generally refers to variety of head coverings conventionally worn by many...

Various styles of head coverings, most notably the khimar, hijab, chador, niqab, paranja, yashmak, tudong, shayla, safseri, carşaf, haik, dupatta, boshiya...

Hijab became the mandatory dress code for all Iranian women by the order of Ayatollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of the new Islamic Republic. Hijab...

of types of hijab describes terminologically distinguished styles of clothing commonly associated with the word hijab. The Arabic word hijāb can be translated...

Muslims believe that the Quran strictly mandate that women need to wear a hijab or a burqa. Traditional dress is influenced by two sources, the Quran and...

Look up hijab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hijab is a veil worn by Muslim women. Hijab or Hidjab may also refer to: Hijab, is a concept in Sufism...

opposed to the hijab per se, but believes it should be a matter of personal choice. In Iran, women who appear in public without a hijab risk being arrested...

was a Kurdish-Iranian woman whose arrest in Tehran for opposing mandatory hijab and subsequent death in police custody sparked a wave of protests throughout...

Enghelab protests (Persian: دختران انقلاب) are protests against the compulsory hijab in Iran, part of the wider Iranian Democracy Movement. The protests were...

confronted and harassed by Basij paramilitary forces over Iran's compulsory hijab laws, with her clothing allegedly torn during the encounter, she responded...

Men in Hijab is a movement in Iran and other parts of the Persian world in which men wear the hijab, or female headscarf, as a show of solidarity with...

underneath their chin which is typically used to convey a woman wearing a hijab. The creation of the emoji was petitioned by Rayouf Alhumedhi, designed...

The Hijab protests in Azerbaijan are a consequence of changes in the formal and social aspects of Azerbaijan with the banning of the hijab in schools and...

police of Iran's government, arrested Amini for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards. The Law Enforcement Command of...

Kashf-e hijab (also Romanized as Kashf-e hijāb and Kashf-e hejāb, Persian: کشف حجاب, lit. 'Unveiling') banning all Islamic veils (including hijab and chador)...

Hijab Butch Blues is a 2023 memoir by pseudonymous author Lamya H, published by Dial Press. The memoir's title is a reference to Stone Butch Blues, Leslie...

religious and cultural discrimination against Muslim women who wear the hijab. The discrimination has had manifestations in public, working and educational...

Nadia Hijab (Arabic: نادية حجاب, romanized: Nādya ḥijāb, [naːdja ħidʒaːb]) is a Palestinian political analyst, author, and journalist who comments frequently...

Hijab Imtiaz Ali (1908–1999) was a writer, editor and diarist. She is a well known name in Urdu literature and a pioneer of romanticism in Urdu. She is...

The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family is a children's picture book written by Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad and...

Karnataka, when some Muslim students of a junior college who wanted to wear hijab to classes were denied entry on the grounds that it was a violation of the...

World Hijab Day is an annual event founded by Nazma Khan in 2013, taking place on 1 February each year in 140 countries worldwide. Its stated purpose...

recommendations to teachers and headteachers to ban the Islamic veil (specified as hijab, niqab, and burka) in educational institutions. According to a 2019 study...

Hijab and burka controversies in Europe revolve around the variety of headdresses worn by Muslim women, which have become prominent symbols of the presence...

American fashion model. She is noted for being the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA 2016 pageant, where she was a semi-finalist. Following...

International Purple Hijab Day (sometimes known as Global Hijab Day or International Purple Hijab and Kufi Day) is an international day of remembrance...

In Islam, Hijab is a duty prescribed on all Muslim women, though in the matter discussed in this article it only applies to women. Hijab is often equated...

Riyad Farid Hijab (Arabic: رياض فريد حجاب, romanized: Riyāḍ Farīd Ḥijāb; born 1966) is a Syrian politician. He was Prime Minister of Syria from June to...

felt isolated by her family's conservatism, although she did not wear a hijab. In a 2016 interview with Refinery29, Ali stated that she still identified...

symbolically took her white headscarf off to protest against the mandatory hijab in Iran. Subsequently, her picture was published as "The Girl of Enghelab...