Boshiya

{{short description|Woman's full-face black veil}} {{More footnotes|date=November 2015}} {{Single source|date=March 2024}} thumb|Boshiya A '''boshiya''' (also called a '''bushiyyah''' or '''ghatwa''') is a Middle Eastern garment that, though see-through by the wearer, covers the wearer's face completely by a veil without openings for their eyes. It is traditionally worn with an abaya or other overgarment.

== Design == {{Islamic female dress}}A ''boshiyah'' is essentially a large square of thin cotton gauze-like material with ties at the top that sits at the top of the forehead (either under or over the wearer's headscarf) and drapes down over the entire face. When flipped up, the garment exposes the wearer's face in its entirety. A ''boshiyah'' is normally not as opaque and covering as a traditional ''niqab''; it can also be worn to supplement a half-style ''niqab'' or, if the wearer desires extra modesty, around non-related males.

== See also ==

* Burqa * Types of hijab

== Sources == * {{cite book|author1=Mary Zeiss Stange|author2=Carol K. Oyster|author3=Jane E. Sloan|title=Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOkPjFQoBj8C&pg=PA1513|date=23 February 2011|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4129-7685-5|page=1513}}

Category:Islamic female clothing Category:Veils {{Folk costumes}}