variants
or less commonly niqaab
: a veil for covering the hair and face except for the eyes that is worn by some Muslim women
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Women gather together, all fully covered in the Islamic niqab, as hundreds of young children from strikingly diverse ethnic backgrounds wander through the squalor.
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Richard Engel, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
At the entrance to the main Kabul branch, a sign tells women to correctly wear niqab, a specific type of Islamic headscarf.
—Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
The real story is how the Liberals’ sweep came at the expense of the left-wing NDP.
Canadian Politics, Unveiled
In Canada, a ban on wearing the niqab during the oath of citizenship ceremony has become a defining electoral issue.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
In Syria, even outside of ISIS’ domain, radical Islamic groups such as Jabhat al Nusra have opened sharia schools where girls must wear the niqab and are segregated from boys.
—Xanthe Ackerman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2015
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Richard Engel, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
At the entrance to the main Kabul branch, a sign tells women to correctly wear niqab, a specific type of Islamic headscarf.
—Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
The real story is how the Liberals’ sweep came at the expense of the left-wing NDP.
Canadian Politics, Unveiled
In Canada, a ban on wearing the niqab during the oath of citizenship ceremony has become a defining electoral issue.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
In Syria, even outside of ISIS’ domain, radical Islamic groups such as Jabhat al Nusra have opened sharia schools where girls must wear the niqab and are segregated from boys.
—Xanthe Ackerman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2015
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“Niqab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niqab. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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