Clothing stores in Kochi are bringing new burqa styles to customers every month ... soon after they become popular in Dubai. A popular style is the minimal black body with colourful pleated ...

“Veiled Meaning” at the New York museum will be a version ... they preserved their Iranian-style shawl rather than adopt the local burka like their Jewish contemporaries in nearby Kabul.

Australian politicians could be held to stricter dress codes in the Senate after one wore a burka as a stunt ... committee asking them to consider new rules. One rule would give the Senate ...

The Taliban enforced the all-encompassing burka during their first stint in power in the 1990s. But they had not enforced it in Afghan cities since taking over last year. Many women in Afghanistan ...