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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP but I do have a question in case anyone knows - in Saudi Arabia the women wear black and in Iran the women wear blue.  Why don't women in Saudi Arabia wear blue?  Wouldn't in be cooler? Is the color dictated by the government?[/quote]

Not sure where you got that info PP, but it's not entirely correct. Women in Iran wear every color of the rainbow. In Iran, hijab is required but it varies very widely depending on the individual and the context. The most forward leaning will wear a short jacket of any color and a headscarf of any color; they'll show a lot of hair, wear plenty of makeup, and in the summer will wear sandals and toenail polish and

Those who are politically/socially very conservative will wear mostly dark colors, with a longer jacket  and a conservative style of headscarf that kind of goes on like a hood (called a maghneh) - on top of the scarf and the coat, they will layer a chador which is like a floating black head-to-toe veil. The latter is the required uniform for govt officials. More traditional women wear just the chador, and it's not uncommon to see them flowered or multi-colored (then it kind of looks like a bedsheet or tablecloth.)

In Saudi Arabia, hijab is also required but in the form of an abaya which is typically black. Saudi has official religious police and the standards for proper hijab are much more strenuously enforced than in most parts of Iran.

As for the OP's question, hijab relates to a Koranic verse and has been interpreted in a variety of different fashions. Only the most ascetic would demand pure black headscarves.[/quote]

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