CAIRO — Nada Kabil thought her friends had checked in advance about whether it was OK to wear a hijab at the ACE Club, a country club for expatriates in Cairo’s upscale Maadi district. So, she was ...

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An Egyptian blogger who sparked controversy last week by posting a photo of herself naked online has also launched a campaign calling on men to don the Islamic headscarf. However, the Facebook ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its athletes after competing ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Doaa Elghobashy made her debut at the Copacabana venue on Sunday night, she was proud to represent Egypt as part of the nation’s first Olympic beach volleyball team. As for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Egypt's first time competing since 1996 Egypt made their first Olympic appearance in women’s beach volleyball on Sunday since the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As Egypt's Doaa Elghobashy went up for a block on Italy's Laura Giombini on Copacabana's famous sand, two cultures appeared to come together. Elghobashy, head covered by a ...

An Egyptian women’s beach volleyball pair called out France’s hijab ban for its country’s athletes after playing in the 2024 Paris Olympics last week. Egyptians Marwa Abdelhady and Doaa Elghobashy ...

Cultures collide! One Egyptian athlete is gaining some extra attention during her team’s first-ever Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — and it’s not just for her skills. Beach volleyball player Doaa ...