CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- There's more to wearing the "niqab" -- the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women -- than meets the eye. A recent declaration by a leading ...

Egypt, the Independent reported, has already passed several restrictions on wearing the niqab. Last month, Cairo University banned nurses and doctors from wearing it in medical schools and ...

Critics say the Cairo University ban on the niqab—often misinterpreted in Egypt and elsewhere as a sign of the wearer's political leanings—is part of a wider movement by public institutions to ...

new debate is raging in Egypt over the niqab, that's the veil worn by some Muslim women that covers their face and body, except for their eyes. Debates over whether to allow head coverings have ...

In Egypt, however, it is only worn by a small minority of women. Last week, Cairo University, one of Egypt’s oldest institutes of higher learning, barred lecturers from wearing the niqab.

Abdul Salam Badr had no choice but to shave his beard to save himself from becoming a target in Egypt's crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

The Egyptian government has banned female students from wearing the niqab, a face-covering veil, at schools, according to state-owned media. Education Minister Reda Hegazy’s statement, released ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The decision to prohibit the face veil, or niqab, among female ...

Egypt launches campaign to curb surge in donning the niqab Cairo: In a bid to curb the surge in donning the niqab (a full-face veil), among its female employees, the Ministry of Waqfs (Religious ...

Egypt has embarked on a campaign to restrict the most conservative forms of Muslim dress after one of Islam's most respected clerics ordered a schoolgirl to remove her niqab, or veil.

CAIRO, Egypt — As the world marked International Women’s Day, the largest coalition in Egypt’s parliament announced it was drafting a law banning the full-face veil known as the niqab. The ...

Egypt bans niqab in schools. ... The Egyptian government has announced a ban on the wearing of the face-covering niqab in schools from the beginning of the next term on 30 September.