Greater Middle East Hijab by country

1 greater middle east

1.1 israel
1.2 gaza strip
1.3 northern cyprus

greater middle east
israel


mannequins traditional muslim veil , hoods @ tira s (israel) saturday s market

in july 2010, israeli lawmakers , women s rights activists proposed bill knesset banning face-covering veils. according jerusalem post, measure regarded highly unlikely become law. hanna kehat, founder of jewish women’s rights group kolech, criticized ban , commented [f]ashion oppresses women norms lead anorexia. eilat maoz, general coordinator coalition of women peace, referred ban joke constitute racism . in israel, orthodox jews dress modestly keeping of skin covered. married women cover hair, commonly in form of scarf, in form of hats, snoods, berets, or, sometimes, wigs.

gaza strip


arab woman , man chatting in 1890. woman wearing hijab.

successful informal coercion of women sectors of society wear islamic dress or hijab has been reported in gaza strip mujama al-islami, predecessor of hamas, reportedly used mixture of consent , coercion restore hijab on urban-educated women in gaza in late 1970s , 1980s. similar behavior displayed hamas during first intifada. hamas campaigned wearing of hijab alongside other measures, including insisting women stay @ home, should segregated men, , promotion of polygamy. during course of campaign women chose not wear hijab verbally , physically harassed, result hijab being worn avoid problems on streets .

following takeover of gaza strip in june 2007, hamas has attempted implement islamic law in gaza strip, @ schools, institutions , courts imposing islamic dress or hijab on women.

some of islamization efforts met resistance. when palestinian supreme court justice abdel raouf al-halabi ordered women lawyers wear headscarves , caftans in court, attorneys contacted satellite television stations including al-arabiya protest, causing hamas’s justice ministry cancel directive.

in 2007, islamic group swords of truth threatened behead female tv broadcasters if didn t wear hijab. cut throats, , vein vein, if needed protect spirit , moral of nation, statement said. group accused women broadcasters of being without ... shame or morals . personal threats against female broadcasters sent women s mobile phones, though not clear if these threats same group. gazan anchorwomen interviewed associated press said frightened swords of truth statement.

in february 2011, hamas banned styling of women s hair, continuing policy of enforcing sharia upon women s clothing.

hamas has imposed analogous restrictions on men women. example, men no longer allowed shirtless in public.

northern cyprus

muslim turkish-cypriot women wore traditional islamic headscarves. when leaving homes, muslim cypriot women cover faces pulling corner of headscarf across nose , mouth, custom recorded 1769.

their head dress...consists of collection of various handkerchiefs of muslim, prettily shaped, form kind of casque of palm s height, pendant behind end of attach handkerchief folded in triangle, , allowed hang on shoulders. when go out of doors modesty requires should take corner , pull in front cover chin, mouth , nose. greater part of hair remains under ornaments mentioned above, except on forehead divided 2 locks, led along temples ears, , ends allowed hang loose behind on shoulders.

in accordance islands strict moral code, turkish cypriot women wore long skirts or pantaloons in order cover soles of feet. men covered heads either headscarf (similar wrapped keffiyeh, form of turban ) or fez. turbans have been worn cypriot men since ancient times , recorded herodotus, during persian rule of island, demonstrate oriental customs compared greeks.

following globalisation of island, however, many younger sunni muslim turkish-cypriots abandoned wearing traditional dress, such headscarves. yet still worn older muslim cypriot women.

until removal of ban on headscarf in universities in turkey in 2008, women turkey moved study in northern cyprus since many universities there did not apply ban on headscarf. whilst many turkish cypriot women no longer wear headscarves, recent immigrants turkey, settled in villages in northern cyprus, do.