The mass demonstrations in the streets of Iran are about the hijab. Well, they are and they aren’t. The protests began when the family of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman, said she died in the ...

WASHINGTON — For Sameeha Ahmad, the decision to put on the hijab came in psychology class at the University of Maryland. She hadn't worn one for five years. Her mom did, as did her sister. But like ...

In Islamic religious custom, the term “hijab” refers to traditional clothing worn by women, especially when in sight of grown men who are not members of their family. Most strictly, this applies to ...

Wania Tayyab, 15, remembers the first time she wore the hijab, on a trip to Five Below when she was 12 or 13. “My mom said, ‘You’re growing, why don’t you try wearing hijab?’” Tayyab says she was ...

When I was in Iran on a reporting trip three weeks ago, one thing that struck me was the number of women walking around in public not wearing the mandatory headscarf. We asked why and heard a range of ...

The hijab has become a symbol of the regime’s hollow claims of moral purity at a time when Iran’s people are bearing the brunt of its economic ruin (fueled in significant part by crunching U.S.