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2. Abaya - Wikipedia

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   The abaya (colloquially and more commonly, Arabic: عباية ʿabāyah, especially in Literary Arabic: عباءة ʿabā'ah; plural عبايات ʿabāyāt, عباءات ʿabā'āt), sometimes also called an aba, is a simple, loose over-garment, essentially a robe-like dress, worn by some women in the Muslim world including most of the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of the Horn of ...

3. Hijab - Wikipedia

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   Hijab. In modern usage, hijab (Arabic: حجاب, romanized: ḥijāb, pronounced [ħɪˈdʒaːb]) generally refers to variety of head coverings conventionally worn by many Muslim women as an expression of faith. [1][2] Similar to the tichel or snood worn by Orthodox Jewish women, certain headcoverings worn by some Christian women, such as the ...

4. Niqāb - Wikipedia

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   A woman in Saudi Arabia wearing a plain-cloth black niqab. A niqāb or niqaab (/ nɪˈkɑːb /; Arabic: نقاب), also known as a ruband (Persian: روبند), is a long garment worn by some Muslim women in order to cover their entire body and face, excluding their eyes. It is an interpretation in Islam of the concept of hijab, and is worn in ...

5. Saudi woman designs abayas for freer lifestyles - AOL

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   Women in this deeply conservative Muslim kingdom are rapidly gaining more freedoms under a reform agenda spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi woman designs abayas for freer ...

6. Types of hijab - Wikipedia

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   A Central Asian traditional outer garment that covers the head and body, heavy in weight and made from horsehair. Once prevalent in Uzbek and Tajik societies. Safseri, sefseri, safsari or sefsari. Traditional Tunisian veil worn by women, composed of a large piece of cream-colored cloth covering the whole body.

7. Islamic veiling practices by country - Wikipedia

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   Islamic veiling practices by country. Two mannequins; one to the left wearing a hijab on the head and one to the right veiled in the style of a niqab. Various styles of head coverings, most notably the khimar, hijab, chador, niqab, paranja, yashmak, tudong, shayla, safseri, carşaf, haik, dupatta, boshiya and burqa, are worn by Muslim women ...