New York (CNN)-- Two Somali women are making a splash in the New York fashion scene, designing a range of clothes that take their inspiration from Africa. Identical twins Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim ...

LEWISTON – To show the difference between a hijab (head covering) and a jilbab (coat) and why they wear them, a group of Edward Little and Lewiston high school students are hosting a Somali ...

Homegrown fashion emerges in troubled Somalia Source:AFP Published: 2019/7/31 17:43:40 Hawa Adan Hassan works at her home in Mogadishu, Somalia on November 3, 2018.

“Anyone can wear a baati, so in that sense, it can’t be appropriated,” says Somali storyteller Hawa Y. Mire. “Sure, you can wear the baati to the beach, but it carries memories and stories ...

Somali women have turned en masse to entrepreneurship in part out of necessity, said Osman Ahmed, who manages the Riverside Mall — where 37 of 44 businesses are owned by women — in Minneapolis ...