hi to Brain and Jura. the difference between hijap and burqa is: 1- hijab is any clothes that cover all women body accept the face.any clothes we can named hijab if ( the condetion ) cover all women body accept the face 2- burqa is small bart that cover the face accept the eyes ( it's not common in all islamic countrys ) dear Jura;hijab is not just for head ( it's for all women body ) and we did'nt call a tent or long tent and it's not one kind of clothes ( but any clothes make the condtion" cover all body " we can call it hijab) hijab in arabic is maning to cover or not available,for exampel:the women dressing hijab.so here body not available( we can't see or touch) quran tell women to dressing hijab to brotict themself and make the women not available ( like we see in the west culture ) note:burqa and niqab is two names for one thing( that cover the face) with my all recpect ghassan