Muslim women

Bilan has revolutionized the news agenda in Somalia, the director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States said.

France has enforced a strict ban on religious symbols in state schools since 19th-century laws removed any traditional Catholic influence from public education.

In neighboring Iran, poisoning incidents at girls' schools sickened an estimated 13,000 mostly female students since November.

During Ramadan, adult Muslims – both men and women and some children – abstain from food and drinks during daylight hours.

The glass is the first archeological find of its kind and it is believed that the original vessel it was part of would have been made in Syria, Iraq or Egypt in the 12th or 13th century.

Tehran police allegedly said Amino’s arrest was for “justification and education" about the hijab, a head covering that is mandatory for women in Iran.

Among those rescued are the Afghan women’s national cycling team, a female robotics team, families of diplomats, female judges, police officers, human rights workers and more.

The women were in Israel as part of the Alliance of German Dialogue Institutions (BDDI), an Islamic union that works across Germany to develop relationships between people of different faiths.

Body-covering swimwear - which leaves only the face, hands and feet exposed - is often worn by Muslim women who wish to preserve their modesty in accordance with their beliefs.

They added the ideal face covering was the all-encompassing blue burqa, which became a global symbol of the Taliban's previous hardline regime from 1996 until 2001.

Three female role models who, despite the war in their country, have been able to raise awareness of women’s rights, and serve their sisters and society as a whole.