Lt. Col. Martha McSally has done well by the military. Through hard work and model comportment, the 5-foot-3 woman has muscled her way up the ranks to become the top female fighter pilot in the Air ...

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The young Emirati woman - who bravely saved an Asian driver from a fire by - has been identified as Jawaher Saif Al Kumaiti. The blaze broke out after a collision between two ...

MANILA, Philippines—Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya insisted Thursday that riding the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT3) is safe, despite the accident, which happened ...

Public schools in France have been turning away students for breaking a new national ban on the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, as a rights group filed an appeal against ...

For many Emiratis across emirates, colored abayas are not just about style but identity Dubai: There was a time when young Emirati Ghalya Alawadhi, 21, wanted to mix things up when it came to her ...

Women in Saudi Arabia are protesting the country’s strict clothing laws by wearing their abayas — long, loose-fitting robes — inside out. Using the hashtag #InsideOutAbaya, Saudi women are posting ...

Schools in France told dozens of girls in abayas to go home on the first day of the school year, a minister says. The government argues the garments go against secularism rules. Dozens of girls who ...

BAGHDAD — One May morning in Riyadh, Manahel Otaibi, a 25-year-old Saudi woman who had just moved back to Saudi Arabia after finishing her studies in China, was getting dressed to go to the gym. She ...

Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear a head cover or the black abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety – as long as their attire is “decent and respectful”, the kingdom’s ...

Saudi Arabia's religiously conservative rules constraining the actions and attire of women are showing signs of possibly relaxing. In an interview with U.S. broadcaster CBS on Sunday night, Crown ...