It's called "pinched fingers" and depending on where you are in the world, a new emoji announced by the Unicode Consortium, which approves standard emojis worldwide, could have a completely ...

An emoji may not be worth a thousand words, but they can certainly summarize a few pretty effectively. One of the most commonly used is the heart emoji, which comes in a rainbow of colors.

Text messages and chats online can include a combination of words, pictures and emoji to convey a message. Words and pictures can be easily understood, but deciphering emoji might feel like decodi ...

For many women, wearing the hijab in the Muslim world today is not the continuation of traditional ways of dressing, but rather a new trend. The contemporary adoption of “Islamic dress” consisting of ...

It is five years since Iranian Masih Alinejad started a movement - since joined by thousands of women - protesting against the compulsory wearing of the hijab, or headscarf, in her country.

"My Hamas guards hated me for being Jewish, so I was coerced into reciting Islamic prayers and made to wear a hijab," she wrote. "I was forbidden from mourning my father and sister and often ...

Sara describes making the decision to wear the hijab when she started secondary school. She talks to her friend India about how it made her feel nervous, but they both soon got used to it.

In a Dubai recording studio, hijab-clad Ghaliaa Chaker tunes her guitar and belts out original songs as she builds a career that is turning heads for more than just her music. The 26-year-old ...

Mumbai: A day after the Supreme Court stayed the ban on hijab in Chembur’s NG Acharya and DK Marathe College, Muslim girl students were allowed to wear hijab in their classrooms. Many ...

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Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first Muslim athlete to compete for the United States while wearing hijab when she won fencing bronze at Rio 2016 Sign up for notifications to Insight features via the ...