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Women In Black

Episode 1: Yemen

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

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. Show less

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