hijabi

A person, usually a woman, who wears a hijab.

The findings and implications of this study have been categorized into themes in order to illustrate the essence of how hijabi youth experience social activities in Ottawa secondary schools.

[…] state that their motivation for blogging is to promote Islamic-appropriate dress, modest fashion options, and pride in the American hijabi identity. They blog to share ideas about designing couture that is both fashionable and modest, […]

Alternative form of hijab.

Unlike sheer veils that hug shoulders suggestively and espouse their wearer's movements gracefully, the stiff brocade of the hijabi hides a woman's upper torso so completely as to render impossible the definition of her body contours.

As an example of the way dress functions as “public display” (LeBlanc 2000:448), the hijabi is worn when going out— whether on top of one's “good clothes” or over one's everyday faded clothes. One would not wear a hijabi to attend a […]