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How to pronounce niqab in English?

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Type of face veil

Examples of niqab

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But I can't then go to a woman in a niqab or a burqa and say they are oppressed.
From the economist.com
In Cairo's main shopping district, the message on the niqab is decidedly mixed.
From the cnn.com
Why should I wear a niqab on stage and talk to the same men off-stage without it?
From the guardian.co.uk
Is the niqab a political gesture or a cultural gesture or a religious gesture?
From the ocregister.com
In April, a new ban on the niqab, passed last September, will come into force.
From the guardian.co.uk
Upon returning home, Amin, was said to have taken off the niqab and given it away.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Caution was indeed taken not to target the niqab alone but any total face covering.
From the guardian.co.uk
Kenza Drider wears a niqab in Paris on the first day of France's ban on face veils.
From the guardian.co.uk
The scarf wrapped round the head and underneath it, just below the eyes, the niqab.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • A face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant Muslim women
  • A niqab (/nu026Au02C8ku0251u02D0b/; Arabic: u0646u0650u0642u0627u0628u200Eu200E niqu0101bu202F, "veil" also called a ruband) is a cloth that covers the face as a part of sartorial hijab. It is worn by some Muslim women in public areas and in front of non-mahram men, especially in the Hanbali Muslim faith tradition. The niqab is worn in the Arab countries of the Arabian Peninsula such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates...
  • A niqab covers the entire body, head, and face; however, an opening is left for the eyes. The two main types of niqab are the half-niqab that consists of a headscarf and facial veil that leaves the eyes and part of the forehead visible, and the full, or Gulf, niqab that leaves only a narrow slit ...
  • Veil worn by Muslim women which usually covers the entire face, leaving only the eyes exposed.
  • A veil covering the nose, mouth, throat, hair and forehead
  • Full face burqah refers to face veil with layers that cover the entire face, and eyes completely
  • N (to cover face) vualoF, kovrotukoPIV
  • The face veil. It is debatable whether the niqab is a necessary part of the hijab. A musim woman who observes the veil is sometimes referred to as a niqabi.