Muslim women

From loss to lifesaving: United Hatzalah officer Linor Attias reflects on her journey to save lives

“Nothing prepared me for October 7,” said United Hatzalah senior officer Linor Attias. “This is my people, my country. I was one of the victims.”

Three women EMT volunteers of United Hatzalah after finishing an ambulance shift in Jerusalem, one haredi, one religious Muslim, and one secular.
Maj. Ella Waweya, the new Arabic language spokesperson, pictured on July 7, 2024.

Israel's 'Captain Ella,' highest-ranking Muslim officer, named IDF's new Arabic spokeswoman

A Muslim woman wearing a hijab takes a photograph in Duomo square in Milan October 7, 2009.

New Italian bill targets Islamic face coverings and religious funding

 PRIME MINISTER Mette Frederiksen takes part in a news conference on the occasion of Denmark taking over the EU presidency earlier this month. Niqabs ‘are used as mechanisms of oppression toward girls,’ she argues.

Don’t ban the burka in Denmark - opinion


'Our humanity cannot be kidnapped': Being Jewish, Muslim women in Jerusalem - comment

I know what it is like to be a Jewish woman living in Israel right now. But what was it like for an Arab one?

‘WITH EDUCATION, women grow wings and fly.’

Meet CAM's four Muslim women standing up against extremism and promoting peace

The Combat Antisemitism Movement's "Voices for Humanity" campaign highlights four Muslim American women fighting extremism and promoting tolerance.

 The Combat Antisemitism Movement New York Summit

Muslim fertility rate in Israel continues 22-year fall as Eid al-Adha approaches

Jerusalem has the highest population of Muslims in the country - with around 380 thousand people, which makes up more than a third of city's residents.

 MUSLIMS, JEWS and Israeli security forces are present on the Temple Mount during Passover and Ramadan.

Iranian state media: Teenage girl Armita Geravand is 'brain dead'

Iran has denied that Geravand was hurt after a confrontation on Oct. 1 with officers enforcing the mandatory Islamic dress code in the Tehran metro.

 Iranian women walk on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.

Somalia's first all-women newsroom spotlights female taboos

Bilan has revolutionized the news agenda in Somalia, the director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States said.

Fleeing drought, Somalis still face malnutrition and cholera in Kenya

French ban of Muslim abaya robes in schools draws applause, criticism

France has enforced a strict ban on religious symbols in state schools since 19th-century laws removed any traditional Catholic influence from public education.

 Muslim women wearing abaya robes.

Sixty Afghan girls hospitalized after school poisoning - police

In neighboring Iran, poisoning incidents at girls' schools sickened an estimated 13,000 mostly female students since November.

 An Afghan woman and a girl walk in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 9, 2022

Should pregnant women fast on Ramadan? - study

During Ramadan, adult Muslims – both men and women and some children – abstain from food and drinks during daylight hours.

  Pregnant woman scrolls on her computer (Illustrative)

Archeological discovery strengthens Scottish-Islamic identity

The glass is the first archeological find of its kind and it is believed that the original vessel it was part of would have been made in Syria, Iraq or Egypt in the 12th or 13th century.

The largest known cylindrical piece with a flaring top made in enamelled and gilded glass from the Mamluk era in Egypt or Syria (1250-1517). Currently  in Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal.

Iranian women protest hijab laws, Mahsa Amini killing in viral TikToks

Tehran police allegedly said Amino’s arrest was for “justification and education" about the hijab, a head covering that is mandatory for women in Iran.

A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2022.