Expert: Mohammed - 3/24/2005

Question
what do you wear as clothes in Iraq.  I know that girls have to wear the head cloth that covers the face.  Is there anything that had change after the war?  And what are some of the brand names cloths in Iraq (Abercrombie and Fitch, Amercian Eagle...)

Answer
Hi,
Girls in Iraq don't cover their faces! Maybe only some old women do that..

In south of Iraq, old women wear black clothes but they don't cover the face usually, please see the following photo:
http://www.elaph.com/elaphweb/Resources/images/ElaphGuys/2004/9/thumbnails/T_557...

But young girls as I know never wear such clothes, instead they wear modern clothes, and some of them wear Hijab (cover of the head hair)
the following photo shows Iraqi girls before the last war (they hold Saddam photos):
http://arabic.peopledaily.com.cn/200209/09/images/0901S.jpg



Regarding the brand names cloths in Iraq, I don't have such information.

Regards