Hailing from Alberta, Canada, the lanky Mahdia Chowdhury is all about originality, simplicity and timeless classic. Audrey Hepburn is her style inspiration and that alone speaks volume about her taste in fashion. Mahdia is a communication professional by day, and blogs daily in the evenings. Staying away from bold looks, she considers her style to … Read more
One of Kuwait’s ‘it’ fashion and beauty bloggers, Dalal has certainly shown us what high-fashion-meets-modest-and-fabulous is all about. Although written in Arabic, one can actually ‘read’ her musings by looking at the styles that she shares on her blog. Dalal never fails to add some funk into her girly outfits. The outcome always looks well … Read more
SAVAR, June 6, 2013. By Kamrul Khan (AFP) – A seamstress trapped in the rubble for 17 days after Bangladesh’s garment factory disaster in April emerged from hospital Thursday, saying she felt “great” and was looking forward to a new job at a luxury hotel. Reshma, 18, who became a national heroine after the catastrophe that … Read more
ISTANBUL, June 10, 2013. By Karim Talbi (AFP) – They are young, urban and well-educated, and for the past week they have been sleeping in an Istanbul park: meet the women on the frontline of Turkey’s mass anti-government protests. “We are the women Erdogan would like to see staying at home,” said actress Sevi Algan, … Read more
Amani Alkhat wonders if Islam and feminism can work together. Feminism. In many Muslim communities, the word rolls off the tongue with a bitter aftertaste. And amongst the women of these communities, a stigma surrounds the movement with an especially unique reception. My issue with feminism is that its movement has been dominated by white, middle-class … Read more