Types of wedding veils Birdcage veil: Birdcage veils are very short and cover only a portion of the face, like a small cage. They are generally made of netting or tulle and attached to a comb or a ...

There's more to wearing the "niqab" -- the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women -- than meets the eye. A recent declaration by a leading Egyptian cleric that women will ...

Young women in Afghanistan are rejecting the traditional burqa for more comfortable abayas and hijabs, challenging ...

‘Facial covering is a symbol for this extreme ... above an image of someone wearing a headscarf and face veil. Two Swiss cantons, St Gallen and Ticino, have already banned full face coverings ...