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Women in Pre-Islamic Arabia
![Standing woman holding her veil. Terracotta figurine, c. 400–375 BC](../../../../../../../../../figures.boundless-cdn.com/25156/full/167px-woman_veil_louvre_ca4268.jpg)
Standing woman holding her veil. Terracotta figurine, c. 400–375 BC
Veils were present in the Byzantine Empire and pre-Islamic Persia, and veil wearing is now a basic principle of the Islamic faith.
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