What Are Iran’s Morality Police? A Scholar Of The Middle East Explains Their History

(ANALYSIS) Where did Iran’s morality police come from? The earliest evidence of a muhtasib, interestingly, was a woman selected in Medina by the prophet himself.

Analysis, Middle East, NewsPardis MahdaviDecember 14, 2022Iran, Feminism, Islam, hijab protests, Hijab, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahsa Amini, Islamic Revolution, Secondary FeatureComment

Why I No Longer Wear A Hijab

(OPINION) A writer reflects on her choice to not wear the Islamic head covering even though her community teaches women not wearing the hijab are sinners and “wannabe Westerners.”

Islam, Middle EastAnonymousOctober 31, 2022removing hijab, Iran, Mahsa Amini, hijab protests, Islam, hijab in Islam, headscarf in Islam, awrah, Islamic hijab history, feminism, feminist Muslim, Muslim women, Queen Rania, Primary Feature Comment

India’s ‘Hijabi Performer’ Aims To Counter Hate Through Theater

When the south Indian state of Karnataka banned hijabs from public schools this year, theater and performance artist Sania Saifi thought about her own experience in school. When she was a student, her school in Delhi banned hijabs from 2013 to 2015.

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