COSTUMES AND CUSTOMS FROM THE ARAB WORLD” BY NAHDA SALAH

Rare Coffee table book. Published by IPA, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1979. Clothing and jewelry, photographs and drawings, contemporary and historic. In hard slipcover.

12" X 16"


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ANO
ARAB
WORLD

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COSTUMES
ANO
CUSTOMS
FROM
ARAB
SALAh
IPA

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K
chong

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COSTUMES
ANO CUSTOMS
COSTUMES
ANO
CUSTOMS
FROM
ARAB

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Published and distributed by:
I.P.A.
IPA
DHAHRAN
SAUDI ARABIA
Telex: 671229 SALAH SJ
Copyright 1979 by I.P.A.
Copyright of text and all paintings, photos and drawings are completely
reserved for I.P.A. throughout the world. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by
other means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying; recording or other-
wise, without prior written permission of I.P.A.
Artwork, layout and compilation by: Nahda and Basem Salah
Designs and paintings by I.P.A. group of artists.
Photography by Basem S. Salah.
Printed by Tien Wah Press
Published
and
distributed
by:
I.P.A.
P
Box
70
IPA
DHAHRAN
SAUDI
ARABIA
Telex:
671229
SALAH
SJ
Copyright
1979
by
I.P.A.
Copyright
of
text
and
all
paintings,
photos
and
drawings
are
completely
reserved
for
I.P.A.
throughout
the
world.
No
part
of
this
publication
may
be
reproduced,
stored
in
a
retrieval
system
or
transmitted,
in
any
form
or
by
other
means,
electronic,
mechanical,
recording
or
other-
wise,
without
prior
written
permission
of
I.P.A.
Artwork,
layout
and
compilation
by:
Nahda
and
Basem
Salah
Designs
and
paintings
by
I.P.A.
group
of
artists.
Photography
by
Basem
S.
Salah.
Printed
by
Tien
Wah
Press

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CONTENTS
PAGE
A SHORT HERITAGE OF THE ARAB AND
PAGE xii
AND FICTION
IN
ARABIA
AND
ARABS
BY
SOME
CONTEMPORARY
WESTERN
HISTORIANS
PAGE
IN
PAGE
DOWRY
INHERITANCE.
PAGE
PAGE
PAGE
PAGE
VARIETIES OF THE TRADITIONAL ARAB DRESS HEAD DRESS
THE
FASHIONABLE
ARAB
BURNOUS
PAGE PAGE
OF
NORTH
THE
BEDOUIN
JEWELLERY
JEWELLERY
OF
THE
BEDOUIN.
PAGE
JEWELLERY
AND
GOLD
PAGE
NOMADIC
CARPETS
PAGE
FASHIONS
PAGE
POPULAR HIGH THE CAMEL FASHION TRAINS FROM
THE OF THE ARAB FAMOUS WORLD ARABIAN INCENSE AND
CONTENTS
PAGE
A SHORT
HERITAGE
OF
THE
ARAB
AND
PAGE
xii
AND FICTION
IN
ARABIA
AND
ARABS
BY
SOME
CONTEMPORARY
WESTERN
HISTORIANS
PAGE
PLACE
MARRIAGE
WOMAN
IN
THE LANGUAGE
OF
COSTUMES
PAGE
DOWRY
MARRIAGE
INHERITANCE.
PAGE
DISSOLUTION
MARRIAGE
TIES
PAGE
RAMALLAH
LADIES
PAGE
PAGE
VARIETIES OF
THE
TRADITIONAL
ARAB
DRESS
HEAD
DRESS
THE
FASHIONABLE
ARAB
BURNOUS
PAGE
PAGE
OF
NORTH
THE
BEDOUIN
JEWELLERY
JEWELLERY
OF
THE
BEDOUIN.
PAGE
JEWELLERY
AND
GOLD
PAGE
NOMADIC
CARPETS
PAGE
FASHIONS
PAGE
POPULAR
HIGH
THE
CAMEL
FASHION
TRAINS
FROM
THE
OF
THE
ARAB
FAMOUS
WORLD
ARABIAN
INCENSE
AND

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SAUDI ARABIA
VARIETIES OF ARAB WORLD HEADDRESS
While
presenting his credentials in the court of Haroon al-Rashid, the envoy of
Charleman took off his plumed hat with flourish and made sweeping
provoked the caliph's pointed enquiry if there was anything the matter with the bow. honorable The act
envoy's head.
"It's the West's way of
expressing respect, sire," the caliph was told.
"Tell my valued
preter, "that ,٦ here in the East, the headgear must is stay on the head have relayed if he wants to the to inter- show
respect.
Winds bared
SAUDI
ARABIA
28
VARIETIES
OF
ARAB
WORLD
HEADDRESS
While
presenting
his
credentials
in
the
court
of
Haroon
al-Rashid,
the
envoy
of
Charleman
took
off
his
plumed
hat
with
flourish
and
made
sweeping
provoked
the
caliph's
pointed
enquiry
if
there
was
anything
the
matter
with
the
honorable
The
act
envoy's
head.
"It's
the
West's
way
of
expressing
respect,
sire,"
the
caliph
was
told.
"Tell
my
valued
Haroon
al-Rashid
reported
to
preter,
"that
here
in
the
East,
the
headgear
must
is
stay
on
the
head
have
relayed
if
he
wants
to
the
to
inter-
show
respect.
Winds
bared

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give
with
tongue,
appalling
Arabs
become
which
Mohammed,
certain
beautiful
cause,
through
the
enough
knows
in
lion
much
none
often
plan.
on,
fortunes
Moslem
part
life,
good
"She
her
fight
The
An
The
say
The
may
all
may
for
crazy,
bargaining
does
husband
whereupon
A
well
Arab
formula
send-off
without
must
array
young
the
the
was
contract
when
marriage
suitor
wants
he
be
SI
rouge
make
She
how
ranks
legal
tale
rich
was
the
true
laugh
and
its
you
of
girl
might
said
a
for
embarrassment
thickest,
to
girl's
in
virtues.
tells

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A two-band tier of loops called IQAAL secures the GHUTRAH on the head
Made from goat's hair it can be round or squarish with the sections knitted with gold
thread. At one time the IGAAL
(the word 19 derived from 'IQAAL or tethering) was
actually similar is the rope which the nomads used for tethering camels.
Among other varieties of headdress worn in the Arab countries are caps made of felt
and usually brown and, occasionally, black in color which crowns many a patriarchal head
in southern Egypt and Tunisia while in other
regions it is fading away. There is also an
A
two-band
tier
of
loops
called
IQAAL
secures
the
GHUTRAH
on
the
Made
from
goat's
hair
it
can
be
round
squarish
with
the
sections
knitted
with
gold
At
one
time
the
IGAAL
(the
word
derived
from
'IQAAL
or
tethering)
was
actually
similar
the
which
the
nomads
used
for
tethering
camels.
Among
other
varieties
of
headdress
worn
in the
Arab
countries
are
caps
made
of
felt
and
usually
brown
and,
occasionally,
black
in
color
which
crowns
many
a
patriarchal
head
in
southern
Egypt
and
Tunisia
while
in
other
regions
it is
fading
There
is
also
an



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