At the age of 16, most of us are more concerned with high school gossip and cramming for tomorrow's history exam than changing the world. But Amara Majeed is clearly not most 16-year-olds. As an ...

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BALTIMORE - Amara Majeed founded a website called The Hijab Project, aimed at combating discrimination against Muslim girls and women who wear headscarves in public. She self-published a book of short ...

"Hijab for a Day," a multimedia program, will be presented Wednesday at Rochester Civic Theatre, 20 Civic Center Drive SE. The event includes a documentary film about four women who chose to wear a ...

I hope that this letter finds you well. My name is Amara Majeed, and I am an 18-year-old student pursuing a double major in Cognitive Neuroscience and Public Policy at Brown University. Minister ...

That’s the message two Upper West Side artists want to spread by encouraging women around the city to put on the veil and snap a selfie. “Women who wear a hijab by choice are in complete control of ...

A tap on the shoulder never comes as a surprise to Zohra Siddiqui. In fact, it’s a common occurrence, whenever she is running errands around town. In the documentary, “The Hijabis of Houston,” she ...

Thousands of Muslim women and students yesterday stormed the streets of Lagos to express displeasure about their continuous harassment in schools and workplaces. They said that despite their peaceful ...

Amara Majeed founded a website called “The Hijab Project,” aimed at combating discrimination against Muslim girls and women who wear head-scarves in public. She self-published a book of short ...

TOWSON, Md. (AP) -- Amara Majeed founded a website called "The Hijab Project," aimed at combating discrimination against Muslim girls and women who wear head-scarves in public. She self-published a ...