niqaab.

I went out to Haddah today to this store that I had been to before that had some very nice scarves to check out their niqaab. I found a style that I really liked, but did not buy it then because they did not have the exact color for the little designer tag in the corner, so insha'allah, I will return on Sunday because they are supposed to be getting more in then.

You're probably thinking a couple of things including
a)why do you want to buy a niqaab?
b)um, niqaab style?

so, I want to buy one because they are so pervasive throughout this society that to come home without one would be some kind of cultural oversight. Just like I fully intend to buy a Saleh poster along with a Saddam poster.

and there is totally such a thing as niqaab style. I was sitting on a bus with Ed on the way home from Shibam, and this woman climbs in with two of her children and he was like "I think this is a nice middle class family. look at how well-behaved the children are" and I was like, "no. they're poor. Check out her veil, you can tell she doesn't have money." which is really judgmental and not something I would normally do/think, but Yemen screws with your mind.

The one I'm looking at is ... I'm not really sure how to explain it if you don't know what's going on with the niqaab, so insha'allah, I will post a picture later.