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Burqa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Burka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A burka is a dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs of the breed of that name). Karakul being quite expensive, burkas were usually sewn from felt treated to look l...
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News and information for Burka, Baghlan, Afghanistan from the United Nations and other International Organizations, compiled by UNjobs Association of ...
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What are Afghan women really like beneath the burka? Talk to three from Dasht-i-Qaleh, a tiny, impoverished village long held by the Northern Alliance. Though the Taliban's restrictions against women have no force here, nearly all the women wear the burka.
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UMPING ALONG in a dilapidated bus on a dusty road in October 1997, I could barely see through the mesh of the all-concealing Afghan burka I wore. But I was at least as excited to be entering Afghanistan as my companions, some Afghan-American friends who were returning to their native ... ... Yet even for my Afghan friends,
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The niqab usually leaves a slit for the eyes, while the Afghan burka often features a grill that covers the eyes. The hijab, a headscarf more commonly worn in North America, typically leaves the face uncovered.
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