Some women wear a headscarf to cover their head and hair, while others wear a burka or niqab, which also covers up their face. Headscarves are seen as a sign of modesty by people who wear them ...

There's more to wearing the "niqab" -- the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women -- than meets the eye. A recent declaration by a leading Egyptian cleric that women will ...

Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...

Wearing niqab may obstruct driver’s vision and concentration ... originally implemented for security reasons, as covering the face made it difficult for police to identify drivers.

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

Women attending private universities in Afghanistan must wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face, the Taliban have ordered, and classes must be segregated by sex - or at least ...

Women debate each other about the niqab, which is the word Saudis use ... “So I’m—‘Please, Noof, cover your face,’” Sami said. “So he doesn’t look to see my wife.” ...

With a decree issued by President Žaparov, a law has come into force banning clothes that entirely cover women's bodies ... the headscarf without concealing the face, which is not allowed in ...