1. Hijabs, headscarves worn in some Middle Eastern countries, can be worn with a Burka or alone

2. Wearing headscarves and Chadors was used as a significant populist tool and Iranian veiled women played an important rule in the revolution's victory

3. In 2002, in Saudi Arabia, "religious police stopped schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress... the headscarves and abayas (black robes) required by the kingdom's strict interpretation of Islam."

4. The refugees interviewed said that the extremist armed groups Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) have enforced their interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law, by requiring women and girls to wear headscarves (hijabs) and full-length robes (abayas), and threatening to punish those who do not comply.

5. Kuwait adopts a live-and-let-live policy for clothing, and you'll see a wide range of styles: women wear anything ranging from daring designer fashions to head-to-toe black abayas with headscarves and veils, while men can be seen both in T-shirts and shorts or the traditional dazzling white dishdashah.