Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC Kalavakuntla Kavitha on Thursday penned down a poem to lend support to girls participating in the Karnataka Hijab protest.
Amid a row over wearing hijab in college, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday ordered the closure of schools and colleges in the state for the
Amid a row over wearing hijab in college, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday ordered the closure of schools and colleges in the state for the
is that some sense that that s true and that s continuing in the post-mubarak era? reporter: well, i think what s interesting is that previously there s the stereotype of female activists here has been of a very westernized one. you know, women who speak english or french and dress in a certain manner. what was incredible during the uprising is there were women across egyptian society, women wearing a full face veil, women wearing hijab. it was a time where women who often in more traditional rural communities very much away from the public gaze had stepped into the public arena. and i think even though there were these anti-demonstrations today against the women s march, i think the fact that the women were there and that there were men standing amongst them chanting for their rights, i think even that is still a big turning point here, ali. nima, thanks very much in egypt today in cairo. two u.s. marshals were shot and wounded in st. louis today