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Elizabeth II wearing a headscarf with Ronald Reagan, 1982. Headscarves may be worn for a variety of purposes, such as protection of the head or hair from rain, wind, dirt, cold, warmth, for sanitation, for fashion, recognition or social distinction; with religious significance, to hide baldness, out of modesty, or other forms of social convention. [2]
Kelaghayi (Azerbaijani: Kəlağayı;), also known as "charghat" (çarğət from Persian چارقد), is a traditional Azerbaijani [1] [2] [3] women's headgear.It is a square-shaped silk head scarf with special prints on it.
The Turkish government had outlawed the wearing of headscarves by women who work in the public sector in 1982. [17] The ban applied to teachers, lawyers, parliamentarians, and others working on state premises. The ban on headscarves in the civil service and educational and political institutions
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Two mannequins; one to the left wearing a hijab on the head and one to the right veiled in the style of a niqab.. Various styles of head coverings, most notably the khimar, hijab, chador, niqab, paranja, yashmak, tudong, shayla, safseri, carşaf, haik, dupatta, boshiya and burqa, are worn by Muslim women around the world, where the practice varies from mandatory to optional or restricted in ...
Headgear is worn for many purposes, including protection against the elements, decoration, or for religious or cultural reasons, including social conventions. This is a list of headgear, both modern and historical.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Kufiyyeh Yemeni man wearing a keffiyeh in turban-style and a Yemeni shawl on his shoulder The keffiyeh or kufiyyeh, also known in Arabic as a hattah (حَطَّة, ḥaṭṭa), is a traditional headdress worn by men from parts of the Middle East. It is fashioned from a square scarf, and is usually ...
With the rise of the Islamic movement in Turkey in the 1970s and early 1980s, the number of university students wearing headscarves increased substantially, and in 1984, the first widespread application of the headscarf ban came into effect at the universities, but throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the ban was not uniformly enforced and many ...