CAIRO — Many Muslim women in Egypt wear the hijab by choice. For them, it represents piety - and in Egypt, religion is in fashion. “I wear it to get closer to God and make Him happy in ...

No Niqabs, No 'Hot Shorts,' Egyptian Women Have a New Dress Code Feb 09, 2016 at 12:26 PM EST ...

In Egypt, Muslim Women May Lose Right To Wear Veil new debate is raging in Egypt over the niqab, that's the veil worn by some Muslim women that covers their face and body, except for their eyes.

The vast majority of Muslim Egyptian women wear some form of head covering — from stylish scarves to Mahmoud’s khaimar body-covering to the full face-covering niqab.

Egypt's top Islamic authority defended women's rights to wear trousers in public following a high-profile court case in neighboring Sudan were women were flogged for dressing in pants.