Word: veils
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Kiras are worn with a one-size-fits-all blouse underneath and cloth jacket on top. It provides neck-to-ankle coverage, to the delight of my three brothers. “It would be better if you were wearing a rosary and veil,” Dan says, “but this will...
...YORK—Shane Hachey was doing his part the Sunday afternoon before the Republican Convention to make sure Harvard lent a veil of respectability to the protests there...
...France - she did something she didn't want to do. She removed her black head scarf, a symbol of her Muslim faith. France's new law prohibiting all religious symbols from public schools had come into effect that day, and though Butt, 18, opposes the ban - "taking off the veil bothers me every time," she said - she was submitting to it. It is, after all, the law of the republic. Almost 4,000 km to the east, a group of insurgents calling themselves the Iraqi Islamic Army were inviting French Muslims like Butt to take sides against that republic...
...YORK—Shane Hachey was doing his part Sunday afternoon to make sure Harvard lent a veil of respectability to the protests at the Republican Convention...
...women wear in countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan. The woman's arms and hips begin to sway to the sound of a Norwegian folk song. It's a strange spectacle: a vision of conservative Islam in front of a liberal Western audience. "Personally," says a voice from behind the veil, "I think it's a drag to wear a burqa because I always get chased by kids for an autograph. They think I'm Darth Vader." To loud applause, Shabana Rehman shakes off the burqa to reveal a skimpy red cocktail dress underneath. She promises to tell the audience...