To wear the Keffiyeh the Emirati style, all you have to do is fold the headscarf once to make a triangle placing the longer side of the triangle along the forehead leaving the 90˚ corner somewhere towards the top of your back. Just like with the women’s abaya, the dishdash and keffiyehs are often made foreign famous French English or Italian couturiers. The younger emiraties prefer to wear red and white keffiyehs like the one worn by the Yasser Arafat and tie it round their head to avoid having to wear the agal. The keffiyehs worn in the neighbouring countries are not necessarily white and each Bedouin tribe will have its own colours. The UAE traditional Keffiyeh is white and is held in place by the agal (for which the pluriel is aghals) which resembles a sort of black heavy duty hosepipe. (Pictured: two emiraties in traditional clothing) Men wear the dishdash also referred to as dish-dasha or even gandoora, gandurah or even tawb or taub (long white robe) and the headscarf ( keffiyeh). Similarly, their love for fashion is reflected by the fact that Emirati women buy abaya made by some of the greatest couturiers such as Dior, Pierre Cardin, Channel etc…. On the other hand, they are dressed in an extremely fashionable manner below the abaya which they remove when solely in the presence of women or when at home. This also explains the extravagant air conditioning in public areas. Furthermore, these days, the younger generations of Emiratis like to wear fitted abayas when these were originally designed to hide or prevent from revealing any physical shape.Īll women are all dressed in black which is obviously not the best choice of color considering the extreme temperatures experienced in this part of the world in the summer. The abaya is traditionally completely black but today, you might see some with colorful embroideries around the collar or on the sleeves. (On the picture to the right women wear the abaya and the hijab in the local Emirati fashion). Alternatively, some women pull their hijab aver their faces so no part of their face is visible. Some women may add a niqab which cover the mouth and nose and only leaves the eyes exposed. Women wear the abaya, a long black robe with a hijab (the head-scarf which covers the neck and part of the head).
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The traditional attire is therefore best adapted for the local conditions except for the black abaya which must capture a certain amount of heat due to its color.įor more information on how to dress in the UAE as an expat, please refer to the article on “Behavior to adopt in the UAE” This is immediately understandable to anyone who has spent time in the Arabic peninsula especially in the summer! The more protection you have from the sun, the better. Today, men and women carry forward these ancestral traditions not least by means of their way of dressing.īoth men and women wear “veils” and long sleeved “robes”. The Emirati attire is typical of Arabic countries and is inherited from the Bedouin culture which prevailed in the Arabic peninsula. However, the Arabs never wore them! Similarly, the burka is of Afghan origin and the Arabs have never worn them. They were originally worn by the Perse (Iranians) and spread to the Ottomans (Turks) and is still worn in certain regions of India & Pakistan. When one mentions the Emirates, one immediately thinks of men in turbans who obligate their women to wear the burka! This is very cliché.įor a start, turbans originate from Asia.
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