(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 18, 2012 a student of the Faculty of Arts and letters in Manuba, wearing a niqab, gestures in Tunis. - Prime Minister Youssef Chahed decided on July 5, 2019 to ban the niqab Muslim face covering for women in Tunisian government offices "for security reasons", his office said. It said Chahed signed a government circular "banning access to public administrations and institutions to anyone with their face covered... for security reasons". (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)