Boshiya
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Aboshiya(also called abushiyyahorghatwa) is aMiddle Eastern(specificallyPersian Gulf) garment that, though see-through by the wearer, covers the wearer's face completely by aveilwithout openings for their eyes. It is traditionally worn with anabayaor other overgarment.
Aboshiyahis essentially a large square of thin cotton gauze-like material with ties at the top that sits at the top of the forehead (either under or over the wearer's headscarf) and drapes down over the entire face. When flipped up, the garment exposes the wearer's face in its entirety. Aboshiyahis normally not as opaque and covering as a traditionalniqab;it can also be worn to supplement a half-styleniqabor, if the wearer desires extramodesty,aroundnon-related males.
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[edit]- Mary Zeiss Stange; Carol K. Oyster; Jane E. Sloan (23 February 2011).Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World.SAGE Publications. p. 1513.ISBN978-1-4129-7685-5.
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