Sartorial Hijab As Practiced
In Iran, where wearing the hijab is legally required, women, especially younger ones, have taken to wearing transparent, colourful and very loosely worn hijabs instead of chadors or manteaus to protest against, but keep within, the law of the state.
In Turkey, where the hijab is banned in private and state universities and schools, 11% of women wear it, though 60% wear traditional non-Islamic headscarves, figures of which are often confused with hijab.
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