Saudi women have to wear the abaya in public by law Some Saudi women have launched a protest against the abaya - a long loose-fitting robe used to cover their bodies in public - by saying that ...

The Saudi women’s covering robe is the abaya—not the chador (Iran ... Outside of those places: no. Men wear jeans or suits or the white Arabian robes called thobes. Women past adolescence ...

Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear head cover or the abaya, as long as their attire is "decent and respectful", the Kingdom's reform-minded crown prince said. With the ascent to power of young ...

Saudi Arabia threw open its doors to foreign ... public places and requiring women to wear all-covering black robes, or abayas. Tourism chief Ahmed Al Khateeb told Reuters in an interview ahead ...

What truly made her outfit stand out was the unique addition of a half-abaya-inspired cape. Featuring intricately embroidered golden borders and a floor-grazing hemline, it transformed her look ...