Veil is common among Muslim women in Middle East

Niqab consists of covering up completely , including gloves and veil for the face , leaving just a slit for the eyes , or covered with a very transparent material . Tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their private parts and not display their beauty except what is apparent of it , and expand the scarf to cover those bosom of the Holy Quran , 24:31 (Inglés for the translation ) This type of dress is a rarity , though it may have been - growing in recent years , and this is the one that says the former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to be objects in face- to -face meetings with his constituents.