It is five years since Iranian Masih Alinejad started a movement - since joined by thousands of women - protesting against the compulsory wearing of the hijab ... Masih had to cover her hair ...

Whether a simple headscarf or a head-to-toe cover such as the chaddor or burka ... and there is no scholarly consensus as to how it affects women. For many women, wearing the hijab in the Muslim world ...

But it was jarring and very unexpected to see myself on someone's Instagram without a hijab. This class was supposed to be a women-only space, and I had dressed accordingly. But now I felt ...

Dalia says she was refused entry to two restaurants because of her hijab "It is easier to be wearing hijab in London than Cairo." This is how 47-year-old Dalia Anan describes her experience as a ...

Sara describes making the decision to wear the hijab when she started secondary school. She talks to her friend India about how it made her feel nervous, but they both soon got used to it.

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The event was World Hijab Day, which celebrates women wearing the head covering. It was the first commemoration and collaboration initiated by Sen. Robinhood Padilla and the AFP.