#dressing in traditionally Arab garb

[violent138]

Trying valiantly to work on my DITF fic and but every time I look at the plot events, everything gets derailed because Joker is the fucking Iranian ambassador.

[travel2unlimited]

Buraidah - Al Qassim Camel Market The overall unremarkable town of Buraidah in the central Saudi Arabia is home to the world’s largest camel market. Every morning at 5-6am thousands of camels are bought and sold here. These are all Arabian (one-hump) camels, traditionally prized in Saudi Arabia for riding and meat, and more for camel racing these days (cars have replaces camels as means of transportation, although it feels like many drivers still drive their cars like they did camels - no order and just pushing through). The whole area is very chaotic, hectic, and very smelly with buyers and sellers all dressed up in traditional Arab garb and camels of all colors - black, white, brown, beige - traded and hustled over. We walked all around the area with camels being traded and the even larger with hundreds of not thousands of animals stored in special feeding areas. Many baby camels as well, and a lot of welcoming and smiling looks from the locals. Besides camels, there are sheep, goats, and camel paraphernalia goods like saddles, halters and blankets. #travel2unlimited #travel #travelblogger #saudia #saudiarabia #arabian #sa #natgeo #natgeotravel #landscape #nature #adventure #wow #camels #canelmarket #buraydah (at Buraydah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWiTnnwPzFk/?utm_medium=tumblr

[africanization101]

Snowbunnysfantasies recently answered a question about the "hoodification" of white culture and the place of the ghettos, projects and the black criminal world in a "Blacked" society, which not only turned me on but made me wonder what *you* think about the subject. More than "root" African cultures themselves, the hood taking over is the most prominent form of africanization, no?

IR lovers find the hood so alluring because it often has a very oppositional and defiant vibe (from a white perspective); that’s because it’s literally a result of exclusion and racism. It feels like the people living there are very much “not you”, don’t particularly appreciate you and would prefer to take over your nice things, including your girlfriend, without having to be bothered by you.

These are not starry-eyed immigrants trying to become like you; they’re proud outsiders who, if anything, would make you stick to their ways.

Both Europe and North America were quite content to have non-white people cultivate hoods away from the suburban fantasy lands, so yes, as white society loses its ability to enforce cultural dominance and its overall appeal in general, these are going to be the influences that will fill the void, at least initially. Ghetto culture is raw, crude and unfiltered because that’s what life on the margins tends to be like, so any young whites trying to find a new identity in their post-European societies will naturally gravitate towards that. You already see it in ratchet-and-loving-it pop culture icons like Iggy Azalea.

It may feel comical (maybe also hot) to you to imagine that young whites will speak something like Ebonics one day, but what we already see in Europe today (particularly in Scandinavia and Germany) is the emergence of a multi-ethnic youth dialect that tends to dumb down the often complicated grammar of Nordic languages and introduces a lot of loan words from new predominant languages in the area like Turkish or Arabic. Young migrants don’t have to expend the effort to sound more “white”: young whites will mold their language patterns to sound more diverse. That’s been a reality for at least 20 years.

It’s not that all of society will become a ghetto; the remnant of white society will simply adopt more and more mannerisms and styles that we would traditionally associate with Black and Brown ghettos, until eventually the two groups will be close enough that social and sexual mixing will seem natural and inevitable and any remaining racial divide will disappear over time. That’s how “white countries” will Africanize.

How hood that new society will end up looking is anyone’s guess, but I do have a cute idea. You know how some white people love to dress up in historical garbs and costumes and play 19th-century music to show pride in their heritage? Well, whatever 22nd-century Europeans will look and behave like, maybe they’ll also feel a certain nostalgia for the Era of Great Mixation and celebrate their ancestors by festively twerking to some contemporary R’n’B or reggae. Wouldn’t it be just lovely?

[arabianculture-blog]

Dress

Men

Arab dress for men ranges from the traditional flowing robes to blue jeans, T-shirts and business suits. The robes allow for maximum circulation of air around the body to help keep it cool, and the head dress provides protection from the sun. At times, Arabs mix the traditional garb with clothes.

Thobe In the Arab states of the Persian Gulfmen usually wear their national dress that is called "thobe" but can be also called "Dishdasha" (Kuwait) or "Kandoura" (UAE). "Thobes" differ slightly from state to state within the Gulf, but the basic ones are white. This is the traditional attire that Arabs wear in formal occasions.

Headdress The male headdress is also known as Keffiyeh. Headdress pattern might be an indicator of which tribe, clan, or family the wearer comes from. However, this is not always the case. While in one village, a tribe or clan might have a unique headdress, in the next town over an unrelated tribe or clan might wear the same headdress.

•Checkered headdresses relate to type and government and participation in the Hajj, or a pilgrimage to Mecca.

•Red and white checkered headdress – Generally of Jordanian origin. Wearer has made Hajj and comes from a country with a Monarch.

•Black and white checkered headdress – The pattern is historically of Palestinian origin.

•Black and grey represent Presidential rule and completion of the Hajj.

Guthra (headdress) in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf The male headdress in the Gulf states is called Guthra and it is different in each country (size and shape). It is usually worn with a black cord called "agal" that keeps the guthra on the wearer's head.

•The Qatari guthra is heavily starched and it is known for its "cobra" shape.

•The Saudi guthra is a square shaped cotton fabric. The traditional is white but the white and red (shemagh) is also very common in Saudi Arabia.

•The Emirati guthra is usually white and can be used as a wrapped turban or traditionally with the black agal.

Women

Adherence to traditional dress varies across Arab societies. Saudi Arabia is more traditional, while Egypt is less so. Traditional Arab dress features the full length body cover (abaya, jilbāb, or chador) and veil (hijab). Women are only required to wear abayas in Saudi Arabia. In most countries, like Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Egypt, the veil is not prevalent.