Cairo: Male students in public and private high schools across Saudi Arabia have shown full abidance by a royal directive making the Saudi national dress obligatory for them in their institutions ...

Millions of Muslims undertake pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umrah, entering a sacred state called Ihram. This ...

Most women in Saudi Arabia must adhere to a dress code in public and at work, which requires them to wear the loose black garment known as an abaya, while many also wear a face veil (niqab ...

The black abaya (a full-length loose fitting robe) and niqab (full-face veil) were once emblematic of the restrictions placed on Saudi Arabian women, and those who strayed from this dress code ...