WOMEN PROTEST FRENCH BAN ON HIJAB

Palestinian women protest against the French government's recent decision to ban students in state schools from wearing Isalmic headscarves and other religious attire, during a demonstration in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sept. 4, 2004. The word "hijab" on the banner is arabic for the traditional headscarf.(UPI Photo/ Ismael Mohamad)