Some women will also cover the hands and face (niqab).

She first appeared without the niqab at a conference in 2004.

"I used not to look at women in the niqab.

The niqab is a veil for the face that leaves the area around the eyes clear.

She became more religious, and began wearing the face veil known as a niqab.

At the next stop, a woman in a niqab - the face veil - came and sat across from us.

A small but growing minority of Egyptian women are taking the niqab.

A higher vocational college, banned three students for wearing the niqab.

How are you talking about freedom wearing the niqab?' "

Niqab covers all the woman's body including the face.

She wears the full niqab and claims this is entirely her own choice.

By 2008 she stopped wearing the niqab and only wore the veil.

At one point, a woman in a niqab began screaming at a cluster of people.

She was not allowed into the court as she refused to remove her niqab.

In 2010 France banned face coverings including women wearing the niqab.

But the niqab is the only item that completely masks its wearer.

Few young Muslim women in Britain are forced by their families to wear the niqab.

As of 2004 she was wearing a niqab and her sole television appearances were on religious satellite channels.

That is because the niqab is a symptom and not a cause of rising tensions.

Ms. Freeman wears a type of veil called a niqab, which covers all but her eyes.

Upon returning home, Amin, was said to have taken off the niqab and given it away.

The niqab, Amin said, made it impossible to identify women.

I started wearing the niqab to show the world I am Muslim."

A Niqab is a piece of clothing.

Women who wore conservative attire, an Islamic headscarf or niqab, were also targeted.