In recent years, women in Arab markets during Ramadan have been increasingly wearing the abaya, a traditional, loose-fitting ...

Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women. Since their return to power in ...

An everyday wardrobe staple for women in the Middle East, the abaya has grown in popularity in Malaysia, with many donning it ...

ALBAWABA - American porn star Whitney Wright, 33, has caused wide outrage on social media during her trip to Afghanistan, where she was welcomed by The ...

The Cultural Center of the Philippines listed a number of must-watch movies directed by women, all of them found in its Encyclopedia of Philippine Arts.

So young women are instead following fashions seen in many Gulf nations. Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well – sometimes a medical ...