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'Showing your face is a sin': Younger Afghan women ditch the burqa for the abaya
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...
Khaleej Times on MSN9d
New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa to abaya
Young women in Afghanistan are rejecting the traditional burqa for more comfortable abayas and hijabs, challenging ...
In Afghanistan, young women under Taliban ditch the burka for something ‘more comfortable’
Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...
The Express Tribune8d
No to burqa, yes to abaya
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 ...
Hindustan Times9d
New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
Since their return to power in 2021, the Taliban have imposed an ultra-strict vision of Islamic law, modelled on their previous rule from 1996 to 2001. But while women must still have their bodies ...