Hijab
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The Hijab is a term which signifies, within the Islamic literature, an inner sense of modesty, bashfulness, and reserve traditionally sanctified as haya, which is reflected in codes of dress and behav
Syrian women in hijabs
Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani education activist and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, wearing a loose head scarf
Muslim girl in Hijab writing her exam in Africa
Two mannequins; one to the left wearing a hijab on the head and one to the right veiled in the style of a niqab
Types of hijab
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This table of types of hijab describes terminologically distinguished styles of clothing commonly associated with the word hijab.
Hijab
…or kapp, worn by certain Christian women, and the dupatta favored in North Indian Hindu and Sikh cultures, the Islamic hijab is not monolithic, but manifests itself in diverse forms called by different names and shaped by local laws and customs as well as climatic-biological environment. A verse in the Surah Al-A'raf-26 gives the…
Islamic Clothing Abaya
حجاب البوشية
Amirah style Hijab
Bandari battula