6. Islamic Dress Code for Women Defined
Hijab
The practice observed by some
Muslim women of wearing concealing
clothing (esp. headgear), or (in early
use) living in seclusion; the religious
code which governs this.
8. Islamic Dress Code for Women Defined
Khimar
A head covering or veil worn in public
by some Muslim women, spec. one of
a type covering the head, neck, and
shoulders.
10. Islamic Dress Code for Women Defined
Chador
Originally: a cloth spread over a Muslim tomb.
Later: a large piece of material worn as a long
shawl or cloak by Muslim women, and
sometimes by Hindu or other women, esp. in
South Asia and Iran; hence chador shawl. Also:
any of various similar garments worn by men
in South Asia.
16. Islamic Dress Code for Women Defined
Burqa
A long enveloping garment worn in
public places by Muslim women to
screen them from the view of men
and strangers.
23. SURA 24:31
“That they [feminine gender] should not display their
beauty and ornaments except what [must ordinarily]
appear thereof; that they should draw their khimar
[headveil] over their bosoms and not display their
beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their
husbands‟ fathers, their sons, or their women, or the
slaves whom their right hands possess, or male
servants free of physical needs, or underage
children.”
24. SURA 4:23
“Prohibited to you [male gender] are your
mothers, daughters, sisters; father‟s
sisters, mother‟s sisters; brother‟s
daughters, sister‟s daughters; “suckling”
mothers, suckling sisters; your wives‟
mothers; your step-daughters under your
guardianship, born of your wives, wives of
your biological sons.”
33. REFERENCES
Most of the definitions were taken directly from the
Oxford English Dictionary Online.
The drawn pictures were borrowed from the BBC.
Fadwa El Guindi, Veil: Modesty, Privacy, and
Resistance
Nawar Al-Hassan Golley, “Reading Arab Women‟s
Autobiographies: Shahrazad Tells Her Story”
