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bawolfftoday at 3:08 AM1 replyview on HN

Unless you are talking about a Burqa, i think that is not true.


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userbinatortoday at 5:35 AM

Also a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawb

While this is commonly brought up as a religious issue, religion obviously predates sunscreen but not sunburn, so it could've originally been a practical reason --- elevated to religious dogma --- why it is customary from that part of the world to wear highly concealing clothing.