Although Laaya Joneidi typically used to wear a hijab - the headscarf that is mandated by law in today's Iran - and a long coat with pants, her switch to the more conservative chador serves as a ...

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She was nine when her family, living in a town outside of Iran's capital Tehran, made her start wearing the chador. One of the most conservative types of hijab, the chador is a full-body cloak ...

We found that hijab, which means ‘covering’, is also ... regional or structural variations of the head coverings like the chador or chadar, al-amira, khimar and shayla. In our search for ...

The word hijab describes the act of covering up generally ... It covers the hair, neck and shoulders completely, but leaves the face clear. The chador, worn by many Iranian women when outside ...

Dalia says she was refused entry to two restaurants because of her hijab "It is easier to be wearing hijab in London than Cairo." This is how 47-year-old Dalia Anan describes her experience as a ...

From seven years old, I had to wear the hijab, inside and outside ... As a teenager, I wanted to rebel, so I stopped wearing the chador – a loose-fitting piece of cloth that envelops the ...

In Iran, the hijab, and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some, has long been a political symbol as well. “Meaningful institutional changes and accountability for gross human rights ...

But it was jarring and very unexpected to see myself on someone's Instagram without a hijab. This class was supposed to be a women-only space, and I had dressed accordingly. But now I felt ...

In Iran, the hijab – and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some – has long been a political symbol as well, particularly after becoming mandatory in the years following the 1979 ...

All the discipline and hard work proved to be too much, and soon enough, I entered the carefree stage, figuring that one of the bonuses of wearing a hijab was that I didn’t really have to do my ...

That was 24 years ago, when she was a young Muslim teenager who wore a hijab, an Islamic head covering, everywhere — including on roller coasters — to honor her faith. Fast forward to Sept.