Syria Bans Women's Face Coverings At Universities

July 20, 2010

Author: Albert Aji and Elizabeth Kennedy

Source: The Detroit News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100720/NATION/7200361/1041/LIFESTYLE04/Syria-bans-women-s-face-coverings-at-universities

Syria has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab -- the full Islamic veil that reveals only a woman's eyes -- taking aim at a garment many see as political.