Mozabite women and child, Beni Isguen, Algeria N/A Headcloths Veils Heargear Niqab Clothing Islam Portrait, photo The Ibadis (Ibadiyya) practice a form of Islam that is distinct from both the Sunni and the Shi'a. Ibadism is both conservative and very egalitarian believing that any believer can be elected as Iman. It is believed to be one of the earliest schools and developed out of the Kharijites who believed they were the only Muslims faithful to the original Islam. The women are closely covered allowing only one eye to show. Because of their strict moral code they are called 'the puritans of the desert.' The practitioners of the Ibadi sect of Algeria are know as Mozabites. The men wear white hats and traditional baggy pants while many of the women wear white hijabs that cover them completely. 21st century c. 2002 Digital Jpeg2000, 2.70 MB Cotton Algr8631 Kathleen Cohen Beni Isguen, M'zab Valley, Algeria Mzab, Berber, North African Kathleen Cohen
Mozabite women and child, Beni Isguen, Algeria
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Headcloths
Veils
Heargear
Niqab
Clothing
Islam
Portrait, photo
The Ibadis (Ibadiyya) practice a form of Islam that is distinct from both the Sunni and the Shi'a. Ibadism is both conservative and very egalitarian believing that any believer can be elected as Iman. It is believed to be one of the earliest schools and developed out of the Kharijites who believed they were the only Muslims faithful to the original Islam. The women are closely covered allowing only one eye to show. Because of their strict moral code they are called 'the puritans of the desert.' The practitioners of the Ibadi sect of Algeria are know as Mozabites. The men wear white hats and traditional baggy pants while many of the women wear white hijabs that cover them completely.
21st century
c. 2002
Digital
Jpeg2000, 2.70 MB
Cotton
Algr8631
Kathleen Cohen
Beni Isguen, M'zab Valley, Algeria
Mzab, Berber, North African
Kathleen Cohen