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Fashion model and former refugee Halima Aden, who is breaking boundaries as the first hijab wearing model gracing magazine covers and walking in high profile runway shows has her makeup applied during a shoot at a studio in New York City, U.S .August 28, 2017. Photo taken August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (REUTERS)

Hijab-Wearing Somali Woman Breaks Fashion Barriers in New York

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

New York, London- One year ago, Denise Wallace, executive co-director of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, received a phone call from 19-year-old Halima Aden asking if she could compete in the contest wearing her hijab. “I saw her photo, and I remember I said, ‘Wow, she...

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Protesters demonstrate against France’s ban of the burkini, outside the French Embassy in London. REUTERS/Neil Hall

The “Burkini” Debate in France

by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 4, 2017 | Features

Paris- France’s last summer was different after it witnessed many hot political and social incidents. Following the Nice attack, celebrations of the National Day turned into a disaster. Again, the term of “Islamic terrorism” and differences between this religion and...

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Tareq Oubrou, the rector of the mosque of Bordeaux. (Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images)

A French Imam’s Argument for Why Islam Belongs in France

by James McAuley | Sep 8, 2016 | World

BORDEAUX, France — Tareq Oubrou is the leader of the Muslim community in a city famous for the earthy red wines that have made this region a household name — and that his followers are forbidden from sampling. But after three major terrorist attacks in two years and...

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Opinion: Hijab, Niqab and the Burkini

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 30, 2016 | Opinion

What distinguishes the west from the rest of the world is its respect for the principle of freedom; it believes in it as a culture and commits to it in constitutions that governments and citizens adhere to. For this reason, France’s highest administrative court, the...

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Burkini and the Non-Religious Extremism

by Khalid Yaymout | Aug 30, 2016 | Features

The case of Burkini has emerged in France after the decision to ban swimming suits worn by Muslim women in 30 municipalities in the country. This ban provoked a wide debate in France and in the worldwide media; it has also renewed arguments in Paris on secularism and...