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Yemen
Episode 1 of 5
Amani Zain travels from London to Yemen to see life behind the veil inside the Muslim women's quarters of her family home.
Amani Zain travels from London to Yemen to see life behind the veil inside the Muslim women's quarters of her family home. On her way she performs a Muslim makeover on the plane, replacing her jeans with her traditional Yemeni abaya. Amani gets herself smoked in frankincense, gives us an abaya style guide, and lets us in on the secrets of all over body hair removal. Forget the Hollywood wax, Muslim women have been at it for centuries.
Last on
Tue 10 Jun 2008
02:30
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- Thu 8 May 2008 23:20ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Wales (Analogue)
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- Tue 10 Jun 2008 02:30