hijab
[hi-jahb, -jab]
- a traditional scarf worn by Muslim women to cover the hair and neck and sometimes the face.
- the traditional dress code of Muslim women, calling for the covering of the entire body except the face, hands, and feet: to observe the hijab.
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If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?
Muslim Samantha Elauf was qualified to work at A & F—except that she wore a hijab.
That same day a 13-year-old girl was arrested with explosives hidden under her hijab after walking into a medical clinic.
He recalled one incident where he was walking down the street in Ohio with his sister, who was wearing a hijab.
The first barrier for women is the Islamic dress code or hijab.
hijab
hejab
- a covering for the head and face, worn by Muslim women
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Word Origin
from Arabic, literally: curtain
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