In recent years, women in Arab markets during Ramadan have been increasingly wearing the abaya, a traditional, loose-fitting ...

Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...

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

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 ...

An everyday wardrobe staple for women in the Middle East, the abaya has grown in popularity in Malaysia, with many donning it ...

The traditional abaya is a simple, black, long-sleeved, robe-like dress that Muslim women wear to conceal their bodies. It usually covers everything except a woman’s face, feet and hands.

So young women are instead following fashions seen in many Gulf nations. Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well – sometimes a medical ...