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Saudi women have choice whether to wear abaya: crown prince

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 - 06:53 GMT

Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear headcover or the black abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety - as long as their attire is “decent and respectful”, the kingdom’s reform-minded crown prince said.

Egyptian feminists against model’s arrest in Saudi Arabia

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 - 05:30 GMT

An Egyptian feminist group stood outside Saudi Arabia’s embassy wearing miniskirts to challenge Saudi Arabia’s “patriarchal” authorities.

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