Years ago, LeFalcon posted a few stray remarks here about women’s dress in Islam. Last year, Cymast posted a news item about Nicolas Sarkozy’s push to ban the burqa in France. Months ago, I posted some images of veiled Muslim women. That’s a rather slim selection of material, and yet every day search terms such as “burqa,” “hijab,” “chador,” “abaya,” and “niqab” send people to this blog. As a service to those readers, here are some links to images of veiled women.
- Indonesian Women Preparing to Pray. A dynamic study in white and red.
- Niqabi Riding an Escalator. An airport scene.
- Two Women With Soft Drinks. One heavily veiled, the other in Western dress.
- Two Women Riding the London Tube. One in a chador, the other in Western dress.
- Veiled Catwalk Model. The veil looks strange to most Westerners; this shot brings out the strangeness of a custom many of those same Westerners take for granted, the model’s catwalk.
- A Partly Veiled Catwalk Model. Recognizably Middle Eastern dress, though nothing especially “Islamic” about it
- The Outfit is Advertised as “Modest” The model’s attire is quite modest, but her pose suggests a prostitute waiting for customers.
- Warhol-style Hijabi. I’m sure she’s somebody famous, but I can’t place her. The picture appeared with this news story about the play The Hijabi Monologues.
- Simpsons Character in Hijab. Apparently sometime after I stopped watching The Simpsons, they introduced some Muslim characters.
- “Punk Hijabi” She’s very clever, I’d recommend taking a moment to study her outfit.
- On the Internet, No One Knows You’re Wearing a Niqab. In the USA, the two women in this photo would probably be separated by a sheet of bulletproof glass.
- Her face is covered by the colors of the American flag, the rest of her is covered by a chador
- The Iranian women’s volleyball team in action. Their opponents seem distracted by their outfits.
- Academic Robes and Face Veil. I rather wish the angle were wider. The expression on the face of the graduate behind her makes me suspect there was a sort of contest to see who could be the most modest.
- Women Holding a Sign that Reads “Hijab is My Choice, Not Compulsion”
Also worth a look is a site called “The Hijablog,” fashion commentary addressed to the conservative Muslim woman.