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  2. Bacha posh - Wikipedia

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    Bacha posh ( Pashto: باشا بوش, lit. 'dressed up as a boy', Dari: بچه‌ پوشی) is an Afghan tradition [ 1][ 2][ 3] in which some families will pick a daughter to live and behave as a boy. This enables the child to behave more freely: attending school, escorting her sisters in public, and working. [ 2][ 3] The practice is more ...

  3. Islamic clothing - Wikipedia

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    e. Islamic clothing is clothing that is interpreted as being in accordance with the teachings of Islam. Muslims wear a wide variety of clothing, which is influenced not only by religious considerations, but also by practical, cultural, social, and political factors. [ 1][ 2] In modern times, some Muslims have adopted clothing based on Western ...

  4. Bacha bazi - Wikipedia

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    Bacha bazi. Bacha bāzī ( Persian: بچه بازی, lit. 'boy play') [ 1] is a practice in which men (sometimes called bacha baz) buy and keep adolescent boys (sometimes called dancing boys) for entertainment and sex. [ 2][ 3] It is a custom in Afghanistan and in historical Turkestan and often involves sexual slavery and child prostitution by ...

  5. Types of hijab - Wikipedia

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    Jilbāb (2) A type of outer garment that looks like a long raincoat or trenchcoat. Kalpak. Traditional headgear of unmarried woman in Kazakhstan, Karakalpakstan and Kyrgyzstan . Kalfak ( ru:Калфак, tt:Калфак ) Traditional headgear of Tatars woman. Kashmau ( ba:Ҡашмау, ru:Кашмау ) Traditional headgear of Bashkirs woman.

  6. Hijab - Wikipedia

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    Islamic female dress. In modern usage, hijab ( Arabic: حجاب, romanized : ḥijāb, pronounced [ħɪˈdʒaːb]) generally refers to variety of head coverings conventionally worn by many Muslim women as an expression of faith. [ 1][ 2] Similar to the tichel or snood worn by Orthodox Jewish women, certain headcoverings worn by some Christian ...

  7. Niqāb - Wikipedia

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    A woman in Saudi Arabia wearing a plain-cloth black niqab. A niqāb or niqaab ( / nɪˈkɑːb /; Arabic: نقاب ), also known as a ruband ( Persian: روبند ), is a long garment worn by some Muslim women in order to cover their entire body and face, excluding their eyes. It is an interpretation in Islam of the concept of hijab, and is worn ...

  8. The Breadwinner (film) - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $4,442,537 [ 6][ 7] The Breadwinner is a 2017 animated drama film from Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon directed by Nora Twomey. Based on the best-selling novel by Deborah Ellis, the film was an international co-production among Canada, the Republic of Ireland and Luxembourg, and received a limited release on 17 November 2017.

  9. Islamic fashion - Wikipedia

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    Moslema in style fashion show in Kuala Lumpur. Today the Islamic Fashion market is still in its early development stage; however, according to the numbers provided by the Global Islamic Economy Indicator [5] the dynamics will rapidly change: Muslim consumers spent an estimated $266bn on clothing in 2014, a number that is projected to grow up to $484bn by 2019.