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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Wearing niqab may obstruct driver’s vision and concentration, interior ministry says Officials highlighted a key security concern: The difficulty in identifying drivers through surveillance ...

Billboards were erected ordering women to once again wear the burqa – or an abaya, headscarf and a face covering. In this picture taken on March 5, 2025, Afghan niqab-clad women walk along a ...

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior has announced that women wearing a niqab or burqa while driving will face fines ranging ...

Kuwait has clarified rules on motorists wearing a burqa or niqab while driving. Referencing news shared on social media, the ...

The Ministry of Interior of the State of Kuwait has issued a clarification regarding the ban on wearing the niqab or burqa while ...