page_title: Hijab by country
section_title: Somalia
hierarchical_section_title: Hijab by country / Muslim world / Somalia
caption_attribution_description: English: Somali women at a 2013 Somali music event.
context_page_description: The word hijab refers to both the head-covering traditionally worn by some Muslim women and Islamic styles of dress in general.
  The garment has different legal and cultural status in various countries. In the Indonesian Aceh province, Muslim women are required to wear the hijab and all women are required to do so in Iran.
  France has banned overt religious symbols, including many religious headcoverings, in public schools and government buildings. Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Tunisia and Turkey are the only Muslim-majority countries which have banned the hijab in public schools and universities or government buildings, while Syria and Egypt banned face veils in universities from July 2010 and 2015 respectively. In other Muslim states such as Morocco, there have been complaints of restriction or discrimination against women who wear the hijab. The hijab in these cases is seen as a sign of political Islam or fundamentalism against secular government.
  Islamic dress, notably the variety of headdresses worn by Muslim women, has become a prominent symbol of the presence of Islam in western Europe.
context_section_description: During regular, day-to-day activities, Somali women usually wear the guntiino, a long stretch of cloth tied over the shoulder and draped around the waist. In more formal settings such as weddings or religious celebrations like Eid, women wear the dirac, which is a long, light, diaphanous voile dress made of cotton or polyester that is worn over a full-length half-slip and a brassiere. Married women tend to sport head-scarves referred to as shash, and also often cover their upper body with a shawl known as garbasaar. Unmarried or young women, however, They wear hijab,  and the jiilbab is also commonly worn.
caption: Young Somali women wearing the hijab.
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