From Iran to Belarus, Russia to Afghanistan, RFE/RL readers and listeners in countries with repressive media landscapes are ...

Young women in Afghanistan are rejecting the traditional burqa for more comfortable abayas and hijabs, challenging ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

But the abaya and hijab headscarf combination grew in popularity during the time of the foreign-backed ... go out "in case of necessity", they must cover up. "Whether a burqa or hijab, there ...