Most of the young women wear the loose-fitting headscarves traditional in Turkey; others, the more elaborate and constraining ones that are a mark of newer currents in political Islam.

A German reporter noted that Mahameed "wears elegant patent-leather shoes, black pants, a white shirt and a traditional Palestinian headscarf."

Three women in traditional Muslim headscarves stand in line on the street outside Mendez Carpets while their children play with balloon swords.

In contrast to Europe where lace was the preserve of the nobility, in Armenia it decorated everything from traditional headscarves to lingerie.

The chubby woman nearest her, head wrapped in a traditional but now slightly old-fashioned headscarf, wore a look that someone less familiar with it than Renie would have called blank.

In contrast to Europe where lace was the preserve of the nobility, in Armenia it decorated everything from traditional headscarves to lingerie and lacemaking was part of many or most women's lives.

Back in Turkey, the daughter of Mr. Simsek's closest friend was waiting, a modest young woman in a traditional headscarf who knew nothing of life outside the village.

The town used to be known for its traditional costumes worn by the fishermen and their wives who wore a traditional headscarf and embroidered aprons over seven flannel skirts in different colours.

Williams objected to a proposed French law banning wearing of the hijab, a traditional Islamic headscarf for women, in French schools.

The Turkish constitution bans women in traditional headscarves from entering university, while such scarves are worn by as many as 70% of women.