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FolkCostume&Embroidery: Jean's Palestinian/Bedouin thobe Saudi Arabia Culture, Middle Eastern Culture, Arabian Art, Arabian Women, Arab Culture, Arabian Beauty, Arabic Art, Arab Fashion, Arab Women

Jean's Palestinian/Bedouin thobe

Hello all, This is a photo of my friend Jean modelling a dress which had been given her in 1985. The woman who gave it to her said that she had bought it in Jordan about 15 years previously. It is my belief that it was embroidered and sewn by Palestinian refugees in Jordan, as it is very typical of the embroidered dresses worn by women in the southern half of Israel/Palestine. I wish to state very strongly that I have no political agenda in this article, I am interested in the handiwork and…

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Najran souk - Saudi Arabia by Eric Lafforgue, via Flickr Saudi Traditional, Saudi Art, Saudi Heritage, Saudi Arabia Culture, Eric Lafforgue, Arabic Style, Arab Culture, Architecture Art Design, المملكة العربية السعودية

Najran souk - Saudi Arabia

The main souq is one of the central structures of a large city. A central marketplace, where textiles, jewellery, spices, wooden sculptures and other valuable goods as well as the money changers were arranged in a line. A quadrilateral of stone-vaulted streets parallel to or crossing each other or a tight mass of buildings too packed together for roads to intersect them. In a souq, the final price of an item is reached by bargaining with the shopkeeper. Traders of a given commodity would all…

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