A small minority of Muslim women in certain parts of the world wear what is known as the abaya (black cloak) and the niqab (face veil).    From Wordnik.com.  [Kari Ansari: Telling Muslim Women What Not To Wear] Reference

The abaya is a long over-garment essentially a robe-like dress with black as the most predominant color among Muslim women.    From Wordnik.com.  [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference

April 27th, 2009 at 6: 50 pm robin abaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journo Deemed A U.S. Terror Threat « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference

The man held up an 'abaya', a black cloak-like garment some females choose to wear, and pointed at the shivering girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference

I wear the abaya and niqab because it's my choice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sabria Jawhar: Sarkozy's Rejection of the Burqa Will Only Further Marginalize Muslims] Reference

Ladeezman42: dude u shd GO abaya if u havnt tried it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danielle Crittenden: The President's Secret IMs: Bill Escalates the War Against Hillary] Reference

For the record, I wear the abaya and niqab in Saudi Arabia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sabria Jawhar: Sarkozy's Rejection of the Burqa Will Only Further Marginalize Muslims] Reference

"I mean, I'm not suggesting that you get your abaya but ...".    From Wordnik.com.  [Haven]

Now she lifted up the hem of her abaya and made a run for the cars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

Only her face can be seen under the black abaya; it is wet with tears.    From Wordnik.com.  [Committee Of The Missing] Reference

When I sit down in the car, the abaya pulls even more and my mask slips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danielle Crittenden: Islamic Like Me: Does This Burka Make Me Look Fat?] Reference

One of the women is now wearing a full abaya after receiving direct threats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Murtha on Rove: ‘He’s Sitting in His Air-Conditioned Office on His Big, Fat Backside, Saying Stay the Course’] Reference

Most Saudi women, like me, leave the burqa (abaya) and niqab in Saudi Arabia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sabria Jawhar: Why I Hate the Burqa -- And Yes, I Wear One] Reference

Elizabeth realized what the girl must have thought on seeing a veil and abaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [Haven]

The woman was garbed in a burka and abaya and her arms were bound at her sides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Haven]

They bristle at the West's preoccupation with the abaya as a symbol of oppression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danielle Crittenden: Islamic Like Me: HuffPosters Defend The Veil] Reference

But that impression only lasted until a woman in an abaya approached U.S. Army Maj.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanted: More Than a Band-Aid] Reference

A search online turns up nothing helpful (keywords: burka abaya hijab how to wear).    From Wordnik.com.  [Danielle Crittenden: Islamic Like Me: Does This Burka Make Me Look Fat?] Reference

Contrary to popular Western myth, the abaya is not forced on women in Saudi Arabia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sabria Jawhar: Sarkozy's Rejection of the Burqa Will Only Further Marginalize Muslims] Reference

Embassy and American contracting firms are based, she wore a head-to-toe black abaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [THANKS AND DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU] Reference

She was wearing a head-to-toe black abaya (ph), as we call it, a full-on head covering.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2006] Reference

I decided I would buy the "full Saudi": an abaya, or cloak, plus a niqab, or face cover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danielle Crittenden: Islamic Like Me: Taking On The Veil] Reference

She peeled off her veil and removed the abaya, then shook out her hair with her fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Haven]

The Ingram then vanished beneath her abaya and her curved Moroccan knife appeared in her hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Haven]

Also to be considered is the fact that 99.9% of Saudi women who travel leave the abaya at home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danielle Crittenden: Islamic Like Me: HuffPosters Defend The Veil] Reference

This bundle was wrapped in an Egyptian abaya, similar to a chad or but with slits for the arms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Haven]

The cloak (abaya) seems straightforward enough: It could double as a vampire cape for Halloween.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danielle Crittenden: Islamic Like Me: Does This Burka Make Me Look Fat?] Reference

Heading to the Souk, where I'm told I will have to wear my abaya if I don't want to be harassed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Katie Couric: In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia] Reference

FRAN TOWNSEND, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTOR: It's not only the hijab, Wolf, it's also the abaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2010] Reference

Ms Moza, according to ABC was also amongst the first women in Qatar to drive by herself, and to take off the abaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: The Civil Society Movement in the Arab Gulf States] Reference

And before I'm allowed to go in and do any interviews and talk to any of the women here, I have to wear this abaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2006] Reference

For example, should Martha McSally have to ride in the back seat of vehicle if she goes off base dressed in an abaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2002] Reference

The local garb was different -- the white, head-to-toe dishdasha with head cover on men and the black abaya on women.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Chameides: The U.A.E. and the U.S.] Reference

MCSALLY: Well, they -- we looked like a group of American military men with an American military woman wearing an abaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2002] Reference

Most of the Muslims of Aella follow the customs of hijab, to a degree: they wear the khimar in public, and some wear the abaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Most of the women dressed in this attire are wearing an abaya, but some of them wear a niqab and others are completely faceless in burqas.    From Wordnik.com.  [I See Belgium, I See France: I See the Burqa's Last Dance] Reference