Do Palestinian women have to wear hijabs?

In private, in governmental institutions and universities they can wear manteaux which could be long or short with a scarf covering the head. In Arab Sunni majority provinces of East Iraq hijab/heads is not mandatory. In Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan, women are free to choose whether or not to wear the hijab.

What countries do you have to wear a hijab?

Hijab/burqa is mandatory by law in Iran, Afghanistan, and the Indonesian province of Aceh, all women are required to wear a hijab. But nowadays, numerous countries have banned it as in some cases, and people consider the Hijab as a sign of fundamentalism or political Islam against the secular Government.

What do Palestinian women wear on their heads?

The keffiyeh or kufiya (Arabic: كُوفِيَّة‎ kūfīyah, meaning “relating to Kufa”) also known in Arabic as a ghutrah (غُترَة), shemagh (شُمَاغ šumāġ), ḥaṭṭah (حَطَّة), and in Persian as a chafiyeh (چفیه), is a traditional Arabian headdress. It is fashioned from a square scarf, and is usually made of cotton.

What is the legal status of hijab in different countries?

The garment has different legal and cultural status in various countries. In the Indonesian Aceh province, Muslim women are required to wear the hijab and all women are required to do so in Iran.

Is it a shame for a woman to not wear a hijab?

It is considered a shame for a woman who doesn’t wear head scarves. Here, women chose to cover their body parts but the head covering is mandatory. In Iraq, it is a customary to wear Hijab. In the public places, women usually wear Abaya or burqa that covers the body.

What is it like to be a Palestinian woman?

Palestinians are relatively secular, and quite tolerant. Many Palestinian muslim women don’t wear hijab, and Christian women are not treated in a different manner because they don’t wear a hijab.

What is the average age of hijab in Gaza?

In religiously moderate families, many girls start wearing the hijab at 16. Meanwhile, a small group of Palestinian families do not observe hijab as either a religious obligation or a social custom, at any age. No official statistics are available on what portion of women wear the veil in the Gaza Strip.