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Muslim women urged to display exemplary character while wearing hijab
The Coalition of Muslim Women Groups in Nigeria joined global counterparts to celebrate the 2025 World Hijab Day on Saturday, with a call on Muslim women who wear the hijab to continue demonstrating ...
How Somalis see the 'Black Hawk Down' battle three decades on
The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in ...
‘They lit up when they saw them’: Hopkins kindergarten classroom welcomes dolls wearing hijabs
Kate Marston has four dolls in her kindergarten classroom at L.H. Tanglen Elementary School in Minnetonka. She ordered them a few years ago, making sure each doll represented a different skin ...
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Vetting of Somalis for IDs discriminatory, must end
Thousands of residents in the region do not have ID cards. Students lose out on colleges and jobs often from lack of this ...
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I Wear A Hijab — Here's How To Ensure True Choice For Every Muslim Woman
Hijab is merely a custom that, by force of tradition, has turned into a religious symbol — nothing more. The early Quranic ...
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Muslim Rapper Challenges Stereotypes Through Hip-Hop, Activism and Love
Mona Haydar is many things—rapper, poet, activist, scholar, mother. A voice for the marginalized, she serves as a bridge ...
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Ohio State’s Somali Students’ Association to celebrate 20th anniversary with annual Somali Night Saturday
The Somali Students’ Association will host its sixth annual Somali Night Saturday at 5 p.m. in the Ohio Union Archie Griffin Ballroom. The event will celebrate Somali culture through poetry, dance and ...
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New rider in town: Somalia's first woman equestrian turns heads
Stranger still in conservative Somalia, the rider is a woman. Shukri Osman Muse said she is "delighted to be the first female equestrian in the country – it was a dream of mine for many years".
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Romantic Events to Check Out in Toronto This Valentine's Day
This event series takes a stunning venue and bathes it in the soft reverent glow of candlelight, while a string quartet fills the cavernous space. The special Valentine’s Day performance of ...
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Thousands protest in Ethiopia against a hijab ban in schools
Schools in Axum banned the wearing of hijab by girls, despite the court order and directive ... “This is deeply concerning in a region where Islam has been part of the culture for centuries," Addis ...
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How did Somali refugees make sambusas a hit in Minnesota?
Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community in the United States, but for many Somali refugees finding stability and employment has been a struggle. So Mariam Mohamed, a Somali woman living ...
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Iran VP says government put off enforcing strict dress code
In September 2023, Tehran approved what is officially known as the "Law on Supporting the Family through the Promotion of the Culture of Chastity and Hijab". It imposes tougher penalties on women ...