Women

Amazigh Facial Tattoos in Morocco Vanish Amid Shifting Religious Attitudes

As a young girl growing up in the Atlas Mountains, Hannou Mouloud's family took her to have her chin tattooed with the cherished lines that generations of Moroccan Amazigh tribeswomen wore.  "When I was six, they told me tattoos were pretty adornments," recalled the 67-year-old from Imilchil village, referring to the once-common practice among ...

Iranian Journalist Convicted for 'False' Content

An Iranian court has sentenced a journalist to six months in prison and a two-year reporting ban for “publishing false information,” as reported by Iranian media. The charge against Sara Massoumi is related to an online post about Armita Garawand, a teenage girl who died in October after a disputed incident on the Tehran metro, according to ...