niqab

noun

ni·qab ni-ˈkäb

variants or less commonly niqaab

: a veil for covering the hair and face except for the eyes that is worn by some Muslim women

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At the entrance to the main Kabul branch, a sign tells women to correctly wear niqab, a specific type of Islamic headscarf. —

Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024 The real story is how the Liberals’ sweep came at the expense of the left-wing NDP. Canadian Politics, Unveiled In Canada, a ban on wearing the niqab during the oath of citizenship ceremony has become a defining electoral issue. —

Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024 In Syria, even outside of ISIS’ domain, radical Islamic groups such as Jabhat al Nusra have opened sharia schools where girls must wear the niqab and are segregated from boys. —

Xanthe Ackerman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2015 Some thirty kids crammed inside: young boys in tracksuits, little girls in head scarves or niqabs. —

Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for niqab