(AAP) Walking through Al-Hawl camp in northeastern Syria, the women pass in a sea of black.
Most women wear a niqab — the Islamic dress that covers everything but the eyes — either because they’re affiliated with Islamic State, or afraid of the women who are.
One Australian woman emerged from the camp to talk to AAP wearing a coloured hijab, which shows the complete face. She is not wearing the black gloves required under IS, and she has nose and eyebrow piercings.
It’s a brave move. A number of people have been murdered recently by women in the camp still who remain affiliated with IS, for not adhering to their radical form of Islam.
She had to move to a section of the camp monitored by cameras after being threatened with having her tent burnt down.
