Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well – sometimes a medical mask, ...

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

Khaliq began wearing the billowing head-to-toe burqa aged 13, like her mother and grandmother before her. But her daughter, in her 20s, prefers the abaya. "Young people wear the abaya because it ...

The area now has close to 150 shops selling the veil to people who come from across Telangana and other States ...

Khaliq began wearing the billowing head-to-toe burqa aged 13, like her mother and grandmother before her. But her daughter, in her 20s, prefers the abaya. "Young people wear the abaya because it ...