Swathes of fabric in many colours What do women wear in Muslim countries? Your answer to this question is probably rather inaccurate! Most...

The Mighty Queens of Kush A long, long time ago, in the land of Kush (which includes present day Sudan, Ethiopia and even some bits of Egypt) there...

The glorious Gomesi: a dress made from bark Bark-Cloth Bark cloth has been made in Uganda for centuries. This is done by transforming the bark of...

Rapping for respect towards women Introducing Mayam Mahmoud! She is a young Egyptian woman, who is playing her partin trying to make her country...

The star of the East Soon after you arrive in Egypt, you will become aware of a distinctive voice that can be heard playing from the radio, a...

A rather contentious piece of cloth One of the most mis-understood and mis-represented segment of Islam by the “west”, is probably the veiling of...