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 ...

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 ...

Dubai: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior has announced that a fine for violating the ban on wearing a niqab or burqa while ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

Some face coverings, including motorbike helmets, are exempted from the French ban. The woman, identified only by the initials SAS, took her case to the European Court in 2011.