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The article presents the author's views about the 'hijaab issue in Egypt. 'Hijaab is an Islaamic tradition, which asserts that when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, the only parts of her body that might be revealed are her face and palms. At present, it is being challenged by some group of Egyptian women as a symptom of backwardness.

In this article the author discusses aspects of the visit of George Galloway, British Member of Parliament, to Egypt. Galloway was expelled from Egypt following a trip to aid the inhabitants of Gaza where stones were throne. She is critical of Egypt's actions against the Muslim culture. Also investigated is the banning of Islamic garments like the hijab in public areas like schools and dormitories in European countries.

The article looks at the wearing of head scarves in Egypt as of October 2012. Concerns that, following the 2011 Arab Spring uprising and ousting of military dictator Hosni Mubarak, the country is moving toward a more conservative Islamic society are considered. Other topics include the piety and conservatism of Egypt's first lady Naglaa Ali Mahmoud and whether the head scarf is a sign of women's freedom or their oppression.

The article discusses the popularity of Egyptian women wearing the niqab, which is a veil that covers the face, and the hijab, which covers the hair, as a form of rebellion against government corruption. The controversy regarding the niqab in October 2009 when Egypt's top cleric Mohamed Sayed Tantawi told a female high school student to remove her veil is explored. The Egyptian government's concern that women wearing the niqab has ideological ties to Al-Qaeda is discussed.

The article discusses a controversy in Egypt over women's head-coverings. A range of traditional and modern styles, and their sociological significance, is discussed. It focuses on the niqab, a head scarf which also serves as a black mask that leaves only the eyes uncovered. The Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, an Islamic university in Cairo, Egypt, banned the niqab from its girls' schools, on the grounds that it was an extremist innovation.

The article deals with the growing number of Muslim women in Egypt and Syria who decided to cover their heads with veil or hijab, the traditional Muslim head-covering. Naira El-Sheikh decided to don the veil in her early 20s as a way to express her increased devotion to Islam. The trend in recent years is for more and more women in secular countries like Egypt and Syria to embrace the veil in their own volition. Sara Takieddin shares that her decision to don a veil is an act of defiance against her more secular elders in Syria.