Egypt bans niqab in schools
Egypt has issued a decree, preventing female students across schools from wearing a face veil, also known as the niqab.
The country’s ministry of education issued the regulation on a unified school uniform, emphasizing that the students must wear the same clothes. Colours of the uniform, however, will vary by school district.
Female students are not permitted to wear the niqab but are allowed to don the loosely-fitted garment, the hijab.
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