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  2. Burqa, Ramallah - Wikipedia

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    Burqa (Arabic: بُرقة) is a town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located east of Ramallah in the northern West Bank, Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,047 inhabitants in the 2017 census.

  3. Head covering for Jewish women - Wikipedia

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    Woman of the Haredi burqa sect in Mea Shearim, a Jewish neighbourhood in the Old City of Jerusalem, 2012. The shal (shāl שָאל, lit. ' shawl ')—also called a frumka, a portmanteau of the Yiddish-language word frum and the Arabic-language word burqa —is a garment which fully covers the body and

  4. Burqa - Wikipedia

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    A burqa or a burka [a] (/ ˈ b ɜːr k ə /; Arabic: برقع) is an enveloping outer garment worn by some Muslim women which fully covers the body and the face.

  5. Buraq - Wikipedia

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    A Mindanaoan Muslim Buraq [1] sculpture. The sculpture incorporates the indigenous okir motif.. The Buraq (Arabic: الْبُرَاق / æ l ˈ b ʊ r ɑː k / "lightning") is a supernatural equine-esque creature in Islamic tradition that served as the mount of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his Isra and Mi'raj journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and up through the heavens and back by night. [2]

  6. Paranja - Wikipedia

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    Paranja / ˈ p æ r ə n ˌ dʒ ɑː /, paranji, or faranji [1] (from Arabic: فرنجية, romanized: faranjiyyah; [2] Tajik: فرنجی, фаранҷӣ, farançī; Uzbek: paranji; Russian: паранджа, romanized: parandzha) is a traditional Central Asian robe for women and girls that covers the head and body.

  7. Haredi burqa sect - Wikipedia

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    Woman of the Haredi burqa sect in Mea Shearim, a Jewish neighbourhood in Jerusalem, 2012 The " Haredi burqa sect " ( Hebrew : נשות השָאלִים Neshót haShalím , lit. ' shawl-wearing women ' ) is a community of Haredi Jews that ordains the full covering of a woman's entire body and face, including her eyes, for the preservation of ...

  8. Battoulah - Wikipedia

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    Battoulah (Arabic: بطوله, romanized: baṭṭūleh; Persian: بتوله), also called Gulf Burqah (Arabic: البرقع الخليجي), [1] [note 1] is a metallic-looking fashion mask traditionally worn by Khaleeji Arab and Bandari Persian Muslim women in the area around the Persian Gulf.

  9. Burqa, Nablus - Wikipedia

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    Burqa (Arabic: بُرقه) is a village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, Palestine, located northwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 4,030 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 4,152 by 2017.