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New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa to abaya
Young women in Afghanistan are rejecting the traditional burqa for more comfortable abayas and hijabs, challenging ...
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'Showing your face is a sin': Younger Afghan women ditch the burqa for the abaya
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...
In Afghanistan, young women under Taliban ditch the burka for something ‘more comfortable’
Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...
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New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
The burqa has long roots in Afghanistan. It was strictly enforced during the first Taliban government rule of Afghanistan, when women were lashed for failing to wear one in public. But the abaya ...