Saudi Arabia-based fashion authority Marriam Mossalli discusses the popularity of vintage abayas, Melania Trump and the Dior "Feminist" T-shirt. By Lesley McKenzie “The same way women love shoes and ...

In recent years, women in Arab markets during Ramadan have been increasingly wearing the abaya, a traditional, loose-fitting symbol of chastity and dignity. With designers giving it a modern and chic ...

Women in Saudi Arabia don't need to wear an abaya, the full-length robe like dress that women in Saudi Arabia are required to wear, according to a top religious cleric. Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a ...

HoutiMy abaya is my home... it is my refuge... my pride and joy. Everyone who sees this abaya stands in respect... and makes way for it. My abaya passed by the neighborhood... The men lowered their ...

PARIS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The French government's decision to ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools drew applause on ...

France's education minister has banned the wearing of the popular long robe known as the abaya in schools. He says it is a symbol of Islam. As students in France return to school this week, some have ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi women today are wearing clothes that, a few years ago, could have landed them in trouble with the police. Many are abandoning the plain black version of the traditional ...

The French government’s decision to ban children in state-run schools from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, has drawn criticism but also applause from ...

Public schools in France have been turning away students for breaking a new national ban on the abaya, a long, robe-like garment often worn by Muslim women, as a rights group filed an appeal against ...