Definition of hijab
:the traditional covering for the hair and neck that is worn by Muslim women
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Women would come in wearing their hijabs and buy up the apparel that Agha's brother sent from Los Angeles.
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The first hijab-wearing model to be signed to mega modeling agency, IMG.
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Mirzakhani, who grew up in Tehran but attended graduate school at Harvard and became a professor at Stanford, did not wear the hijab.
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Three men who robbed a Dearborn jewelry store by pretending to be customers — one disguised as a female wearing a full robe and hijab – were sentenced last week after accepting plea deals, police said.
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In fact, his plan works so well that the desperate Mahmoud winds up falling for Armand’s hijab-wearing alter ego.
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One reason CAIR suspects a possible bias motive is that the woman, who wears a hijab, or headscarf, is visibly Muslim.
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One of the two girls was Muslim and wore the hijab.
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Muslim model Halima Aden is the first 'Allure' covergirl to wear a hijabOpium use booms in Afghanistan, creating a ‘
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Origin and Etymology of hijab
Arabic ḥijāb cover, screen, veil
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