KUWAIT CITY, Nov 13: The Arabic Language Department of a school is planning to organize the “Abaya Day” event as part of its regular school activities, to strengthen identity and heritage. However, ...

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Women in Saudi Arabia have for decades been required to wear the abaya - a loose, all-covering robe - in public, a dress code strictly enforced by police BEIRUT, Nov 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

Women in Saudi Arabia don't need to wear an abaya, the full-length robe like dress that women in Saudi Arabia are required to wear, according to a top religious cleric. Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a ...

As the abaya witnesses a global resurgence, the sixth edition of Arab Fashion Week opened Wednesday with fallen angels, Rococo corsets, cupcake headbands and nary a kaftan in sight. Models walk on the ...

12 October 2006 Dubai - Al Ghurair City may be home to a range of international brands but a number of home-grown retail outlets offering everything that is traditional from daily attire to fashion ...

COMMENTATORS, mainly non-Saudis, made a hullabaloo when Michelle Obama, America’s first lady, turned up in Saudi Arabia on January 27th in colourful, loose-fitting clothing and no headscarf. The ...

If you had any doubt that Arab shoppers were a force to be reckoned with, just look to Dolce & Gabbana's latest designs: an abaya collection, made specially with its Arab shoppers in mind.