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Trying things out

Niqab, abaya and sheyla. The niqab is worn in four possible ways. Fully veiled, where you cannot see the face at all, with all three layers down; with the eyes indistinct, with two layers down; showing the eyes through a slit at the top, with one layer down (you can see how transparent the veil is, above); and with the slit pulled all the way down so that it acts like a normal hijab around the face.

 

I have a black headscarf over the niqab but am told it isn't done this way - the headscarf, if worn, is underneath the niqab.

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Uploaded on April 18, 2010
Taken on February 22, 2010