A leading Egyptian university has banned female students and teaching staff from wearing Islamic veils during the winter examinations session, which will start in January, Al-Ahram newspaper said on Tuesday.
"President of the [Ain Shams] university Ahmed Zaki Badr prohibited the wearing of a niqab inside the university during the [exams] session," the university administration was quoted by the paper as saying.
According to the document, the ban "concerns not only female students of all years of studying and all departments, but also the teaching and other university staff."
Ain Shams University has become the second Egyptian university to introduce a partial ban on wearing Islamic veils.
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