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  2. Qatari clothing - Wikipedia

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    National dress is an important status signifier in Qatar and is worn by practically every Qatari citizen. [2] To preserve and document textile manufacturing traditions and the types of clothing and accessories worn by women in Qatar, the Ministry of Culture published a booklet called Qatari Women's Adornment based on fieldwork conducted by The ...

  3. Abaya - Wikipedia

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    The abaya (colloquially and more commonly, Arabic: عباية ʿabāyah, especially in Literary Arabic: عباءة ʿabā'ah; plural عبايات ʿabāyāt, عباءات ʿabā'āt), sometimes also called an aba, is a simple, loose over-garment, essentially a robe-like dress, worn by some women in the Muslim world including most of the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of the Horn of ...

  4. Battoulah - Wikipedia

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    Battoulah (Arabic: بطوله, romanized: baṭṭūleh; Persian: بتوله), also called Gulf Burqah (Arabic: البرقع الخليجي), [1] [note 1] is a metallic-looking fashion mask traditionally worn by Khaleeji Arab and Bandari Persian Muslim women in the area around the Persian Gulf.

  5. Women in Qatar - Wikipedia

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    Women and men are expected to dress in a manner that is modest, but the dress code is generally driven by social customs and is more relaxed in comparison to other nations in the region. Qatari women generally wear customary dresses that include "long black robes" known as abayahs and black head cover "hijab", locally called bo'shiya.

  6. Islamic clothing - Wikipedia

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    An Arabic word strongly associated with Islamic clothing and haya is khimar , which translates into English as "veil". [14] The veil re-emerged as a topic of conversation in the 1990s when there was concern regarding potential western infiltration of Muslim practices in Islamic countries.

  7. Culture of Qatar - Wikipedia

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    This mixture of English terms and phrases in Qatari Arabic speech is colloquially known as Qatarese. [115] The practice of interchanging English and Arabic words is known as code-switching and is mostly seen in urban areas and among the younger generation. [114] English is the de facto second language of Qatar, and is very commonly used in ...

  8. Islamic veiling practices by country - Wikipedia

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    Until 2018, the Saudi Arabian dress code required all women, local and foreign, to wear an abaya, a garment that only covers the body and arms in public. [242] [243] In 2018, it was made clear that the hijab or any other form of headcovering were no longer legally required in Saudi Arabia.

  9. Thawb - Wikipedia

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    The thawb dates back to the arrival of Islam in the Arab world in roughly 600 AD. It was a long- or short-sleeved gown worn over the qamis, an undergarment, by both men and women. The word thawb during this time was a general term for clothing and fabric because most types of clothing were mere pieces of cloth, or shiqqa.