Egypt Bans Girls From Wearing Face Veil While Attending Schools

Egypt’s government has banned female students from wearing Niqab, or face veils, while attending schools, according to local reports.

Egyptian women wearing niqab (full face veils) flash the victory gesture as they pose for a group picture outside a polling station in al-Montazah district of Egypt's second city of Alexandria on the first day of voting in the 2018 presidential election on March 26, 2018. STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images

Egypt’s government has banned female students from wearing the niqab, or face veil, while attending schools, effective from the upcoming academic term on Sept. 30, according to local reports.

Egyptian Minister of Education Reda Hegazy issued new guidelines on school uniforms on Sept. 11, which state that female students are allowed to wear a hair cover, but it should not cover their faces.