| In public, most Omani women wear a black ankle-length robe called an abaya, and many veil their faces. |
| In spite of all these changes, the force of the state continued to impose the black abaya in public. |
| I got my abaya and hijab out of my bag, putting them on before I left the plane as I'd been advised. |
| The abaya she wears cannot hide the shaking of her body as waves of grief roll through her. |
| Saudi women don a billowy black cloak called an abaya, along with a black scarf and veil over the face. |
| When we ventured into town to visit the souk, my cousin's wife was required to wear an abaya, a shapeless, full-length black cape. |
