The Muslim Woman

Haideh Moghissi in his book Populism and Feminism in Iran has beautifully portrayed the struggle of Iranian women for their legal rights and personal freedom. Moghissi has also described the attitude of Iranian socialists who refused to support the..

The Fourth Women's Islamic Games turned out to be a great success for the Iranian women. The most interesting part of the event was to see the Muslim participants in outfit which comply much to the Olympic regulations. Women discarded the headscarves...

Life for women in Iran has really gone haywire with the hold of the tyrannical reign of the Islamic clerics are getting stronger day by day. After the fall of the Shah Empire in the year 1979, Iranian women are facing too many restrictions...

With just two more days to go, that proud Iranian women, Anousheh Ansari, who gets to be the first women tourist must be having goose bumps at the very thought of her space rendezvous on the board of Russian spacecraft Soyuz with 14 other crew...

The countdown finally begins for Anousheh Ansari, the Iranian-born entrepreneur in United States. Bagging the dream from many other space aspirants Ansari has just three more days left for her space cruise. The journey is scheduled for 18th of...

The Police forces across Iran are behind the women folks for quite a long time now to tame down their colorful dressing sense. Despite the rigid measures thrown by the clerics, Tehran women hideously tried bearing the scorching summers in lightweight.

Shahla Lahiji, one of the well-known feminist in Iran has accused the government of neglecting women rights. Women in Iran still have a long way to go. However, to bring about change, the Iranian government will have to take the first step so that the...

Iraqi women burnt alive Iraq as a nation might have won its freedom three years ago but the plight of women has not changed with the changing times. Due to the powerful political intervention of its neighboring country Iran, Iraq has not progressed..

Despite the orthodox nature of the society and the world of 'all black abayas' for women in Iran, a very happening form of art is the new fashion statement of the young women generation of the nation. Tattoo is the latest craze of the young crowd...

Last week, Iran kicked off the first International Women Polo Tournament. This event was more of a cultural exploration for the foreign teams, as myth, regarding the treatment of women in the Middle East nations is most of the times fabricated and...