Burqa
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A burqa, also known as harabah, is a type of enveloping outer garment worn by some Muslim women which fully covers the body and the face.
Women wearing burqas in Afghanistan
Pre-Islamic relief showing veiled Middle Eastern women, Temple of Baal, Palmyra, Syria, 1st century AD (in Iran)
Coptic Orthodox Christian woman wearing a garment with a Christian head covering (1918)
A religious policeman beating a woman for removing her burqa headpiece in public, Kabul, 2001 (image obtained by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan)
Niqab
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A niqāb, niqab, or niqaab, also known as a ruband, rubandah or qab, is a long garment worn by some Muslim women, in order to cover their entire body and face, excluding their eyes. It is an interpreta
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A niqab with the nose string.
A woman in Saudi Arabia wearing a plain-cloth black niqab