Iranian women defy efforts by hardliners to enforce wearing of hijab
A cultural fault line in Iran has re-emerged in recent months amid the turmoil of war and the…
Iranian singer gets 74 lashes for singing on social media without head covering
Tehran-based singer Anita Papist was sentenced to 74 lashes for “offending public decency” by Branch 1088 of the…
Iranian performers sentenced to flogging after ‘obscene’ music video on YouTube
Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi, musicians Ehsan Beiraqdar and Soheil Faqih Nasiri, and six members of the production team…
Women in Iran: What Life is Really Like
©Shutterstock Tooba Khokhar & Nila Ahmad ‘It was the night before Shab-e-Yalda, an ancient Persian festival marking the…
Muslim mothers barred from volunteering at Quebec schools over hijabs
Two Muslim mothers in Quebec say they have been told they can no longer volunteer at their children’s…
Have Iran’s authorities given up on the mandatory hijab?
Women swaying to dance music at a DJ set, strolling without headscarves through cutting-edge art exhibitions and in…