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In Iraq, there is, for the most part, a healthy mix between modern and traditional clothing. Although, since the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein, more traditional clothing has become more common because their have been attacks on unveiled women.
Women wear the long abaya, which covers everything below the neck except the feet and hands. They wear on their heads the hijab, which is a veil which covers the hair, or the niqaab, which only shows the eyes. Usually, Iraqi women do not wear the burqa, the full body veil, which has a light veil even over the eyes.
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In Iraq, there is, for the most part, a healthy mix between modern and traditional clothing. Although, since the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein, more traditional clothing has become more common because their have been attacks on unveiled women.
Women wear the long abaya, which covers everything below the neck except the feet and hands. They wear on their heads the hijab, which is a veil which covers the hair, or the niqaab, which only shows the eyes. Usually, Iraqi women do not wear the burqa, the full body veil, which has a light veil even over the eyes.
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