Saudi Arabia to bar women from 'showing off their beauty' on television — middleeasteye.net

The Shura Council has approved a law requiring women to wear black headscarves and abayas while on air in the conservative kingdom Saudi Arabia’s consultative assembly has passed a law requiring female television to wear “modest dress”, according to local media reports. Arab News, which is part of a group of companies owned by King Salman's son Prince Turki, said the law passed in the Shura Council, an advisory body, will make it mandatory for women not to “show off their beauty” while on air.

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