Aspiring

Muslim American hip-hop dancer, choreographer and activist Amirah Sackett urged women and girls to feel empowered through hip-hop dance, and explore the art form in a way where they are not objectified, she said after a stage performance at the USA Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Sackett explores and embodies her Muslim American identity through hip-hop…

Radwa Helmi made history on Saturday as the first woman judge to sit on the bench of Egypt’s State Council, a top court in the Arab country. Helmi, making her appearance in a Cairo courthouse, was among 98 women appointed last year to join the council, one of Egypt’s main judicial bodies, following a decision…

A 25-year-old Egyptian woman recently reminded her country’s people that dreams do come true. Bassant Hemeida, a sprinter from an athletic family whose husband is her coach and her mother a former gymnast, recently won Egypt two gold medals in the 2022 Mediterranean Championship. After a short trip to Egypt, she traveled to Tokyo to…

Britain named Anne Keast-Butler as the first female director of its intelligence communications agency GCHQ on Tuesday, tasked with protecting the country from terrorists, cyber-criminals and malign foreign powers. She will take over the role in May, succeeding Jeremy Fleming who is stepping down after a six-year tenure. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who made the…

Sweden’s Loreen won Eurovision 2023 with the song “Tattoo” in Liverpool, northern England, on Saturday, becoming the first woman to triumph twice in the contest. Finland’s Käärijä, a green-bolero-sleeved rapper, came second. He won the viewer vote with “Cha Cha Cha,” but it was not enough to overtake Loreen’s lead after the result from the juries in…