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 ...

Women in Saudi Arabia have launched a protest against the abaya, a full-length robe worn by some women in parts of the Muslim world, by wearing the garment inside out.

Saudi women, bucking tradition, forgo abaya Manahel Otaibi, 25, checks her phone as she walks in Western clothes on Tahlia Street in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, on Sept. 2, 2019. (Fayez Nureldine ...

Crown Prince said n March that women needed only to dress modestly and were not required to wear abayas, but Saudi women say that in practice nothing has changed, and they are demanding more freedom ...

Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear a head cover or the black abaya — the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety — as long as their attire is "decent and respectful," the ...

Some Saudi women have launched a protest against the abaya - a long loose-fitting robe used to cover their bodies in public - by saying that they will wear it inside out.

Saudi women should not have to wear the abaya, a long loose-fitting robe used to cover their bodies in public, a top religious cleric has said. Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, ...

Dolce & Gabbana launches hijab and abaya line, tapping into the Muslim market The Italian fashion house is the latest brand to target Muslim shoppers. Updated Jan. 6, 2016, 3:28 PM EST ...

Some Saudi women have launched a protest against the abaya - a long loose-fitting robe used to cover their bodies in public - by saying that they will wear it inside out.

RIYADH: Saudi women have mounted a rare protest against the abaya, posting pictures on social media wearing the obligatory body-shrouding robe inside out.The conservative petro-state has some of ...