In the United States, Muslim women have struggled to find clothes that satisfy both religion and fashion in American stores. It is often difficult to buy outfits that cover the legs, arms and chest, or tops that are long enough to cover the buttocks. More religious Muslims who wear traditional clothing, are often limited to a handful of Islamic stores that usually don’t carry a wide selection.
Recognizing this need, some Muslim women are opening shops that cater to their peers. These boutiques and online stores sell traditional and modern clothing that is both modest and chic.

Critics have long disagreed over playwright Wendy Wasserstein’s legacy. Today, new audiences across the country are getting to decide whether her plays will endure, and why.

Many cosmetology students are leaving behind four-year degrees and stable career paths to attend beauty school, hoping to find both satisfaction and financial stability in a fledgling economy. And for these students, beauty school is not simply a chance to enter a recession-proof field. Most of them are also driven by an unfulfilled passion for the cosmetology craft.

While people often associate the sounds of appliances and traffic with noise, musicians who are practicing can also make sounds that fit the bill. In congested spaces, how do they practice without becoming a nuisance to other people nearby?

Online tools like Skype are helping the fast-growing Indian American community insure that its ethnic music traditions don’t wither. But learning music over the internet comes with its own trade-offs.

While debates over anti-piracy legislation and whether musicians are getting shortchanged by the Web are reignited, more bands in the Internet Age are reaching sustainable followings, but fewer are becoming rich and famous, creating a new middle class of musicians.

U.S.-based Nollywood filmmakers, creators of some of Africa’s most popular cinema, say their industry finds itself in a state of transition that will dictate the genre’s reach on American soil. While some harbor hopes of breaking into domestic theater chains, piracy, a persistently pernicious problem, poses new and complex challenges.

The literary marketplace may be going digital, but to rare book dealers print still rules — and always will. At least until someone figures out how to autograph an e-book edition.

Audiences don’t just want to sit and watch anymore. Sometimes they want to get involved as well. To that end, TV and films are now harnessing the power of crowdsourcing.

Unrated films recently hit mainstream theaters for the first time in roughly 25 years, but will this controversial genre have any future in family friendly cinemas?