I met and married my husband in Canada a few years later. The negative comments at the drive-through are a small sampling of what I, and many niqab-wearing Muslims, hear often.

"My friends now want to borrow my niqab and some are willing to buy," Aisha says. Aisha's experience is not that different from Rabiatu's. Same ridicule in the past and equal praises now.

During my interviews in April with 11 niqab-wearing women in the United States and Europe about their experiences of face-covering during the early phase of the pandemic, I found their responses ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-- Supporters and opponents of a ban on garments covering the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa, clashed verbally on Wednesday as the law took effect in ...

There is no need to ban the veil altogether. My niqab is my identity. And despite what ‘terrorists’ and extremists will tell you, Islam is a religion that brings Peace.

There is no need to ban the veil altogether. My niqab is my identity. And despite what ‘terrorists’ and extremists will tell you, Islam is a religion that brings Peace.

There is no need to ban the veil altogether. My niqab is my identity. And despite what ‘terrorists’ and extremists will tell you, Islam is a religion that brings Peace.

There is no need to ban the veil altogether. My niqab is my identity. And despite what ‘terrorists’ and extremists will tell you, Islam is a religion that brings Peace.

There is no need to ban the veil altogether. My niqab is my identity. And despite what ‘terrorists’ and extremists will tell you, Islam is a religion that brings Peace.