Egypt Air stewardesses wearing the hijab

Agence France Press reports that some 250 of the 900 stewardesses on Egypt Air are now wearing the hijab (Hat Tip: MFS - The Other News).

The first flight attendants dressed in the hijab, which mainstream
clerics say is mandatory, worked on flights to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on
Saturday.Under president Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled in an
uprising in early 2011, the hijab was taboo for