In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. photo, Mahal Wak, 17, right, models traditional embroidered Afghan clothing during a fashion show in Kabul, Afghanistan. Amid tight security, over two dozen young ...

There is a reason we gravitate so heavily towards the fashion world as women. Not only does fashion serve as a fun topic to bring up with your girlfriends, but also a form of self expression and a ...

Sept 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kabul-born fashion designer Anjilla Seddeqi has long drawn inspiration for her formalwear collections from the bright, intricate and embellished traditional ...

Horrified by the Taliban's strict dress codes for female students, an Afghanistan historian rallied women to share photos of themselves wearing traditional Afghan dresses. It's a step the women are ...

In March, Gigi Hadid drew both praise and criticism for wearing a head scarf on the cover of Vogue Arabia’s first-ever issue. But the editors of Gellara, a new magazine for women in Afghanistan that ...

A social media campaign within the Afghan diaspora celebrates pre-Taliban dress traditions, and mourns the loss of that freedom. By Anna P. Kambhampaty This summer, Bahar Jalali watched anxiously as ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – Amid tight security, over two dozen young models, including six women, strutted down the catwalk in the garden of a private Kabul villa, proudly displaying the traditional ...

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