For Cloaked Saudi Women, Color Is the New Black
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Manal Fageeh never liked the abaya, the long black cloak she was forced to begin wearing at 13. She resented the fact that it was obligatory for women in Saudi Arabia, and the black absorbed heat in the often-scorching climate.
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She changed the way working women dressed.
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HOUSTON - As if a plain old thong wasn't enough to accentuate what isn't covered, a Rice University MBA student has shed some neon light on the skin with a glow-in-the-dark version.
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Women in Saudi Arabia can now stay in a hotel or a furnished apartment without a male guardian, according to a government decision
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Blue turbans. Dark suits. Cropped beards. Each is designed to send important signals.
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The case of a Muslim woman fined for wearing a veil has created a dispute involving politicians, civil rights groups and a fashion designer.
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The veil that cloaks the head of Zafran Mukanwali is a modest symbol of a potentially dramatic shift in religious affiliation in Africa.
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Many young Latina converts say Islam offers women more respect and better treatment.
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DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 23 -- For the first time since a demonstration in 1990, a group of Saudi women is campaigning for the right to drive in this conservative kingdom, the only country in the world that prohibits female drivers.
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Nadia Bakhurji is no stranger to  challenging the norms in Saudi Arabia's patriarchal society and  next year she hopes to embark on the battle of a lifetime.
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BELGRADE, Nov 21 (IPS) - It was 1950, towards the end of September, when  hundreds of Muslim women came on to the streets of Bosnian  capital Sarajevo and ceremonially took off their veils. The  symbolic act was intended to mark the end of an era when they  left their homes 'covered'.
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Maine Medical Center is redesigning its hospital gowns to accommodate Muslim women.
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Milan's womenswear winter 2007/08 fashion shows kicked off on Saturday with the "Next Generation" showing that the future will be -- black. Or gray.
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LAHORE, Pakistan  - She may be a model of Islamic modesty beneath her headscarf, but Nilofar has no time for religious political students who would dictate how she dresses, who she talks to, and what she can and can't study.
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A UN committee is calling for women in Saudi Arabia to be given basic freedoms.
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Dark in color, mood and outraged worldview, âMichael Claytonâ is a film that speaks to the way we live now.
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As a devout Muslim, Celal Hasnalcaci believes women should cover their hair and dress modestly, as the Koran teaches. As