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

It’s not really about the burqa, says Mariam Khan. Ever since Boris Johnson’s boorish comments last week, the entire conversation around Muslim women and burqas has spiralled. I’ve watched ...

and you'll probably recall pictures in the media of women being forced to wear full-body burqas, perhaps the famous National Geographic photograph of 'the Afghan girl', or prominent figures murdered ...