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Definition of niqab
: a veil for covering the hair and face except for the eyes that is worn by some Muslim women
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One woman in a niqab on a recent ride gave graphic details about her daughter’s illness, saying the costs of treatment forced her to beg.
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Almotairi, who wore a surgical mask rather than cooking burgers laced with pomegranate molasses in her niqab, said being a conservative woman isn’t a problem.
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The incomprehensible brutality of life under ISIS, the public executions, beheadings, school curriculums that taught of slaughter, mandatory black niqabs and long beards; smoking, cell phone, satellite TV bans.
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Most women in Saudi Arabia also cover their hair and face with a veil known as the niqab.
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Most women in Saudi Arabia also cover their hair and face with a veil known as the niqab.
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Most women in Saudi Arabia also cover their hair and face with a veil known as the niqab.
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Austria recently joined France and Belgium by implementing a nationwide ban on veils that obscure the face, such as the niqab and the burqa, in public places.
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Most women in Saudi Arabia cover their face with a veil known as a niqab.
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Origin and Etymology of niqab
Arabic niqāb
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