Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Qatari women generally wear customary dresses that include the black colored body covering known as the abaya together with the black scarf used for covering their heads known as the shayla. [4] The abaya is seen as essential wear when a woman ventures out into public to preserve her modesty, and is symbolic of a woman's honor and reputation. [3]
2018 Yilan train derailment. At least 18 people are killed and 187 are injured after a train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan. At least 30 people are injured after a floor collapses at an apartment in South Carolina. 2018 Pacific hurricane season. Hurricane Willa strengthens to a category 4 hurricane off the Pacific Coast of Mexico.
25 October to 5 November – The 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Doha. [1] 14 to 18 December – The 2018 WPA World Nine ... on 30 December ...
In the news History Death Holiday ... June 21 2018 FIFA World Cup: 595,170 53 June 22 ... Dec 8 Miss World 2018: 250,972 80 Dec 9 Jason Momoa:
Disasters and accidents 2018 Naga, Cebu landslide The death toll of the landslide in Cebu, Philippines rise to 77. Eight others are still missing and presumed dead. (ABS-CBN News) Thirteen people are killed and at least 30 others are injured when a military transport truck flips over on a major road in Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Channel NewsAsia) 2018 Pacific hurricane season Hurricane Walaka ...
On 7 May 2022, the Taliban made a law requiring all women to wear a burqa or niqab. [85] A 2018 report, Afghanistan in 2018: A Survey of the Afghan People by The Asia Foundation, found out that 30.9% of the Afghans think the burqa is the most appropriate form of public dress for women, roughly the same numbers for the niqab, 15.3% selected the ...
Politics and elections Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador is sworn in as the 58th President of Mexico. (The Guardian) Yellow vests movement Protesters clash with police in Paris. (Reuters) 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis Jordi Turull and Jordi Sànchez, jailed Catalan separatist leaders accused of rebellion, start a hunger strike. (The Washington ...
The first university in Qatar was opened in 1973. [21] It provided separate faculties for both men and women. Out of the 157 initial students, 103 of them were female. [20] The ratio of female-to-male students remained steady over the proceeding years. Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad became the first female president of the university in 2003.