The script was approved by Iranian censors, and the actors follow Iranian law, with women wearing the government-mandated hijab at all times on screen — even during scenes at home, where ...

Iranian director Saeed Roustayee is back in Cannes with “Woman and Child,” a female empowerment drama premiering in competition. The film follows a 40-year-old widowed nurse named Mahnaz, who ...

The script was approved by Iranian censors, and the actors follow Iranian law, with women wearing the government-mandated hijab at all times on screen -- even during scenes at home, where ...

Iranian film director Saeed Roustayi said he had to follow censors' orders on the government-mandated hijab to get a permit — Xavier GALIANA A state-approved Iranian movie featuring women constantly ...

Take for example the hijab. The middle eastern and Iranian style hijab and abaya that are so common among younger generation of Kashmiri Muslim girls today, were practically unknown in the past.

It added the hijab "seriously undermines gender equality and the protection of children". The party, led by former prime minister Gabriel Attal, also wants to introduce a "criminal offence for ...

Iranian women increasingly resist the public headscarf rule. Despite ongoing repression, Iran's regime seems powerless to stop social change. https://p.dw.com/p/4ugrN ...

Like all the women interviewed in this story who were not wearing a headscarf, Laylah did not provide her last name for fear of repercussions for defying her country's hijab laws. 'We young ...

Fatima Payman is the first senator to wear a hijab inside Australia's parliament, according to local media.(X - @SenatorPayman) Senator Fatima Payman -- who said she does not drink alcohol ...

CBC’s senior international correspondent Margaret Evans went to Tehran and met some of the women refusing to wear the hijab, part of what they hope will be a wider societal change. 'Part of the ...