Hijab
Sep 2 2010, Mehran Hassan

There is no uniform approach to terminology for Islamic dress. HIJAB is an Arabic word, originally referring to a curtain or partition, which later came to refer to Islamic dress in general, but is now commonly metonymically reduced to the...

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A Jordanian vendor arranges his display of traditional Islamic Hijab or veils for sale in a street in the city center of the Jordanian capital Amman Thursday Nov. 20, 2008.