Islamic Dress Code For Dummies: A Dictionary of Hijab Terms

 

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

 

Birqa: a traditional mask worn by women in the desert to keep sand out of their mouths. Made of cloth, fabric, and string, and often coloured/painted purple, black, yellow, or gold, it is a practical traditional garment that retains little heat and holds no original Islamic purpose though it does blur a woman's facial features, and it still worn by older women and the Beduoin in Khaleeji and African (namely Egypt) countries. ***a term often mistaken for the mesh chador of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Burqa [mistaken term, a term that is used in error. See "Chador With Mesh"]

Butterfly Abaya [see "Farasha"]

Butterfly Abaya w/ Sleeves [see "Sleeved Farasha"]

Caftan:

Chador:

Chador With Mesh:

Dress Abaya:

Elastic Niqab:

Emirati 'shayla style':

Farasha 'Abaya':

Flip-Style Niqab:

Front-Open Abaya [see "Traditional"]

Jalabiyia:

Jilbab:

Khaleeji:

Kuwaiti Hijab:

Hijab:

Hijabi:

Munaqaba:

Niqab:

Niqabi [see Munaqaba]

One-Piece Niqab:

Overhead Abaya:

Prayer Outfit:

Shayla:

String Niqab:

Turkish Hijab:

Turkish Jilbab:

 

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