KUWAIT CITY, Nov 13: The Arabic Language Department of a school is planning to organize the “Abaya Day” event as part of its regular school activities, to strengthen identity and heritage. However, ...

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A Muslim rights group had sought to overturn the ban on the robe worn by some Muslim women and girls on the grounds that it was discriminatory. But the State Council, France's top court for complaints ...

Women in Saudi Arabia have for decades been required to wear the abaya - a loose, all-covering robe - in public, a dress code strictly enforced by police BEIRUT, Nov 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

As the abaya witnesses a global resurgence, the sixth edition of Arab Fashion Week opened Wednesday with fallen angels, Rococo corsets, cupcake headbands and nary a kaftan in sight. Models walk on the ...

12 October 2006 Dubai - Al Ghurair City may be home to a range of international brands but a number of home-grown retail outlets offering everything that is traditional from daily attire to fashion ...

When the French education minister declared that the abayas favored by some Muslim women “can no longer be worn in schools,” he stoked a fierce debate over the country’s secular ideals. By Roger Cohen ...

COMMENTATORS, mainly non-Saudis, made a hullabaloo when Michelle Obama, America’s first lady, turned up in Saudi Arabia on January 27th in colourful, loose-fitting clothing and no headscarf. The ...

If you had any doubt that Arab shoppers were a force to be reckoned with, just look to Dolce & Gabbana's latest designs: an abaya collection, made specially with its Arab shoppers in mind.