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Halima Aden, a 19-year-old Somali-American became the first contestant in the Miss Minnesota beauty pageant to compete wearing a hijab and a burkini.

2M, a Moroccan television broadcaster, apologized for airing a segment that advised women on how to use makeup to cover up signs of domestic violence.

SheFighter is the first self-defense academy for women in Jordan. It gives women the confidence to face harassment and domestic abuse in a country where men dominates the majority of society.

A self-defence technique dubbed the ‘Hijab Grab’ has gone viral after a Muslim woman posted a video online instructing others how to deal with attacks.

Writer and activist Amani Al-Khatahtbeh launched a subscription-box service expressly for Muslim women. It’s a familiar concept-a monthly shipment that curates a selection of expert-vetted products for a selective consumer.

While thousands were protesting after Donald Trump won the elections, a young Muslim girl was resisting in her own way: winning robotics competitions.

Marina Jaber,  a 25 year old Iraqi woman, rides her bike to break the status quo in her society’s norms. She says her ambition is to just have the simple right of riding a bike.