Hijab, niqab, burka - there are lots of different kinds of coverings worn by Muslim women all over the world. Some women wear a headscarf to cover their head and hair, while others wear a burka or ...

The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have ordered female patients, caretakers and staff to wear a burka – a full Islamic veil - to enter public health facilities in the western city of Herat, ...

Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured in Gulf nations Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching ...

KABUL - The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group's supreme ...

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Nehmatullah Yusefy's burqa sales have dropped 50 percent since the Taliban were toppled in 2001 and he says he will soon need to start stocking other styles of Islamic ...

Women in the western Afghan city of Herat say they're being told by Taliban officials that they must wear a burqa to access the main hospital. Doctors Without Borders is reporting a 28 percent drop in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discussions around face coverings such as the burka have been reignited after a Reform UK MP's question in parliament. (Getty) ...

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A critique of Mai Vaapas Aaunga director Imtiaz Ali’s remarks on the burqa, questioning who gets to define Muslim women’s ...

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