One year into the pandemic, protective face masks have come to signify different things for different groups of people. At the same time, racialized perceptions related to masks have put an additional ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - A number of female students wore surgical masks at Cairo University to circumvent a government ban on the full face veil in exams, an independent Egyptian newspaper reported on ...

Jewellery traders in Bihar have banned the entry of women wearing hijab, niqab, face masks or ghoonghat, and men wearing helmets or traditional head coverings (muretha), into gold and silver shops ...

A new dress code for female civil servants in Indonesia’s Central Lombok regency should concern all Indonesians. Women all over Central Lombok started purchasing niqabs. On July 3, for the first time, ...

Jewellery shop owners across the state have decided to deny entry to anyone whose face is partially or fully covered — ...

One year into the pandemic, protective face masks have come to signify different things for different groups of people. To some it’s an issue of protest, while for some others it’s a statement of ...