When 18-year-old Corita Kent entered the Immaculate Heart of Mary women’s religious order in Los Angeles in 1936, she likely never imagined the career that awaited her. Despite her formation in a ...

I gaze upon the crucifix at Holy Mass, contemplating the image of Christ’s broken body, poured out for the Church, as he is truly present — his body, blood, soul and divinity — on the altar. A sense ...

It sounds like a simple question: "Why do some Muslim women wear a veil?" But the answer is anything but straight forward. To some, the veil a symbol of religious observance. To others it has cultural ...

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In his famous essay, ‘Algeria Unveiled’, Frantz Fanon (1959, p. 35) writes: ‘The way people clothe themselves, together with the traditions of dress and finery that custom implies, constitutes the ...

While there is no direct requirement to veil in any Islamic religious texts, many Muslim women choose to do so and in a variety of ways that have nuanced meanings, which Amer, a University of Sydney ...

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Amnesty International on Tuesday criticized Iran’s newly implemented mandatory veiling law, saying that it intensifies the systemic subjugation of women and girls. The law enforces harsh penalties, ...