(The Conversation) — In some conservative countries, the abaya is part of expected dress. But in countries where Muslims are in the minority, the abaya can be a way for women to connect with their ...

Lt. Col. Martha McSally has done well by the military. Through hard work and model comportment, the 5-foot-3 woman has muscled her way up the ranks to become the top female fighter pilot in the Air ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women. Since their return to power in ...

The French government’s decision to ban children in state-run schools from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, has drawn criticism but also applause from ...

The return to school this year has seen yet another controversy concerning Muslim dress for women. The abaya is set to become a national cause since Gabriel Attal's declaration on August 27 that "the ...

Public schools in France have been turning away students for breaking a new national ban on the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, as a rights group filed an appeal against ...

France's education minister has banned the wearing of the popular long robe known as the abaya in schools. He says it is a symbol of Islam. As students in France return to school this week, some have ...

In recent years, women in Arab markets during Ramadan have been increasingly wearing the abaya, a traditional, loose-fitting symbol of chastity and dignity. With designers giving it a modern and chic ...

Muslim leaders have reacted with anger to a sudden move by the French government to ban the abaya in state schools. The loose-fitting long robe is considered too closely linked with Islam by Gabriel ...

Argentina became the 2022 FIFA World Cup champion after beating France. ALBAWABA - In an unexpected move, football player Lionel Messi was gifted an abaya — a long, loose-fitting Arab robe — by the ...

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