Through the years, the work of women journalists in the Middle East has gone far beyond reporting news and has become a vital ...

Defiance of hijab requirements has grown widespread across Iran. The government seems wary of cracking down, fearing unrest.

For women in Iran, riding a motorbike is part of a legal grey zone - they can own one, but licences remain off-limits. Yet more and more are taking to the streets anyway.

Hussaini siblings came to US seeking an end to the repression by the Taliban after the withdrawal of American troops in 2021.

Several shows have opened across the country as the UAE art season enters full swing.Solos include Mohammed Al Mazrouei’s ...

But there's been no move to change that calculus, as Iranians themselves remain fearful of war resuming. Each fire or ...

Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar ...

Women in Iran are increasingly testing the boundaries of the country's strict Islamic dress code but a law requiring women to ...

Rear Adm. Ali Shamkhani oversaw a brutal crackdown on women, but traditional notions of Islamic morality were little on ...

Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two years, despite the risk of arrest and imprisonment. She is among a growing number of women and girls who have ...

In a desert outside Iran’s capital, Tehran, lies one of the largest women’s prisons in the world. Several thousand women are believed to be incarcerated in Qarchak Prison, which is notorious for ...