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The article is about how Cairo University to ban both students and staff from wearing the niqab, and hot shorts (wearing little clothing). Later though, the ban on niqabs was overturned by a Cairo court

This article is about the draft of a bill that may lead into a ban on the full face veil, the niqab. Lawmakers suggest that the veil is not a religious requirement and therefore banning it does not impede religious freedom.

This article talks about the Parliament to draft a new law. This new law will ban niqab (full-face veil) in government institutions and public places.

This article/video is about how a woman in Raqqa risked her own life to video tape what happens in the everyday life of the Islamic State. This woman gave us an insight to what is happening in cities that ISIL has taken over. We see how women in general are forced to wear the niqab and how they are told by men what to do. Another aspect that we see in the video is how many foreign women have actually go to these places to join the fight. The video states that around 150 french women have joined the Islamic State.