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  • Following faith and fashion (the lovely women's fashion in the Middle East is totally hot)

    08/12/2006 10:49:08 PM PDT · by doug from upland · 54 replies · 8,542+ views
    english.aljazeera.net ^ | 29 March 2006 | Indlieb Farazi
    Following faith and fashion By Indlieb Farazi in Doha, Qatar Wednesday 29 March 2006, 12:56 Makka Time, 9:56 GMT The abaya is an over-garment worn by many Muslim women Reema and her friends are slowly parading around a Doha shopping mall, making sure their fashionable floor-length coverings are seen. The glamorous girls shroud their jeans and colourful tops with long black robes, mixing fashion with religion and tradition. "I think it looks really elegant. There are so many abayas on the market at the moment - the latest being the farasha, or butterfly-style abaya. It isn't tight-fitting like the French-style...