This week marks one year since I moved to the UAE, undoubtedly one of the best decisions I’ve made for myself and my family.

France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic ... bans and restrictions on items of customarily Islamic dress in recent years, which have frequently drawn ...

In Arab countries, the abaya is known by many names, such as Jalaba, Jalabiya, Omani and Qaftan, but it is basically a simple and loose garment - often black in colour - worn by women in the ...

The abaya, however — a long dress that covers the legs and arms, but not the hands, feet or head — falls into a gray area. While it is popular in the Gulf and in some Arab countries ...

Muslim leaders have reacted with anger to a sudden move by the French government to ban the abaya in state schools. The loose-fitting long robe is considered too closely linked with Islam by ...

The move comes after months of debate over the wearing of abayas in French schools, where women have long been banned from wearing the Islamic headscarf. The right and far-right had pushed for the ...

Macron said the ban was not “stigmatizing” anyone, but “people who push the abaya” are. France has pursued a series of controversial bans and restrictions on items of customarily Islamic ...

ALBAWABA - In an unexpected move, football player Lionel Messi was gifted an abaya — a long, loose-fitting Arab robe — by the Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani following Argentina ...