jilbab

A jilbab is a type of tudung; where the tudung comes down to about the mid-chest area, the jilbab frequently goes all the way down to the waist.

Don't Hate Her Because She's Beautiful ... and Wears a ... Tudung JDsg 2006

Hebah, who is 32, and Sarah, 28, do wear religious attire, but of the Islamic sort: a loose outer garment called a jilbab; a khimar, a head covering that drapes to the fingertips; and

NYT > Home Page By LORRAINE ALI 2010

Confusingly, the Indonesians call the headscarf a "jilbab"!

Don't Hate Her Because She's Beautiful ... and Wears a ... Tudung JDsg 2006

Shabina Begum of Luton had been a pupil of Denbigh High School and in March 2005 had won a ruling against her school which would not allow her to attend while wearing a head-to-toe "jilbab".

Infidel Bloggers Alliance 2008

Wrapped in her shroud-like jilbab, Sahra believes staunchly, just as my father did, that her suffering in this life will be richly rewarded in the hereafter.

Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

Magool had told me that Sahra was deeply religious and that she wore the jilbab, a long black robe that covers your hair and all your body past your ankles and wrists, but not your face.

Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

They entered silently, wearing the ubiquitous hijab head scarf and ankle-length button-down overcoat known as the jilbab.

Taylor Marsh: Salam Fayyad, Out of the Ashes of Arafat 2010

This gave me hope, for I thought that if she were attracted to shrouding herself in a jilbab she would not ask for such clothes.

Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

They entered silently, wearing the ubiquitous hijab head scarf and ankle-length button-down overcoat known as the jilbab.

Taylor Marsh: Salam Fayyad, Out of the Ashes of Arafat 2010

An exclusive interview with Sadia Nosheen, founder of the Nottingham-based jilbab brand Masoomah.

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