At times, a simple trip to the mall or a local cafe in the Middle East, may make you feel like you’ve exited reality and entered ‘The Twilight Zone’. Some women with abnormally large hijab-covered heads shop, mix and mingle like nothing is wrong with the picture. Could it be that these diminutive divas have super-human intelligence or extra large super brains? Quite the contrary! Actually, the strange hijab beauty trend has been sweeping the Middle East by storm the last couple of years. And here’s why.