DEFYING THE FASHION POLICE This photo taken on April 18, 2015 shows a Uighur woman wearing a lace veil at a market in Kashgar, in China’s western Xinjiang region. The Silk Road trading center of Kashgar has been Muslim for centuries, but despite hordes of people thronging the main bazaar, shops selling the traditional Muslim headscarf have barely any customers due to a government ban. AFP PHOTO
DEFYING THE FASHION POLICE
This photo taken on April 18, 2015 shows a Uighur woman wearing a lace veil at a market in Kashgar, in China’s western Xinjiang region. The Silk Road trading center of Kashgar has been Muslim for centuries, but despite hordes of people thronging the main bazaar, shops selling the traditional Muslim headscarf have barely any customers due to a government ban.
AFP PHOTO

KASHGAR, China: The Silk Road trading center of Kashgar has been Muslim for centuries, but despite hordes of people thronging the main bazaar, Gulnur’s headscarf shop had barely any customers.

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