I was dressed in a long garment, a little on the tight side, rather like a nightshirt, which they call a djellaba in Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreamthief's Daughter]
Most Muslim men wear a long robe called a djellaba, but he had on white pants, a vest and a small white cap. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
There's something cheering about the fact that Toast have employed a model who not only looks of pensionable age, but also sports the kind of beard and moustache combination last spotted on George V. The attempt to get men to wear the traditional pointy-hooded Moroccan robe known as the djellaba instead of a dressing gown seems a bit hopeful, but for the most part, their clothes strike a really interesting, wearable-by-all-ages balance between classic and inventive. From Wordnik.com. [Alexis Petridis: A toast to Toast] Reference
From a thigh holster under his djellaba he retrieved his silenced 9-mm Beretta. From Wordnik.com. [Transfer of Power] Reference
You even get your own djellaba robe and babouche slippers to take home with you. From Wordnik.com. [Riad Farnatchi, An Ultra-Romantic Hotel in Morocco] Reference
His ribs hurt too much to do what he wanted, which was fling the djellaba at the stars. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Madonna] Reference
He wore a fine linen djellaba of dazzling whiteness, and carried a scarlet geranium in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
She flipped backward in a slow somersault, the pale folds of her djellaba billowing around her thighs. From Wordnik.com. [Neuromancer]
Though I do admit that you wear the djellaba better than most white men, and the skin dye was very good. From Wordnik.com. [A Letter of Mary]
I thanked him, the steward appeared, a stout, well-favoured man, whose djellaba was finer than his master's. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
She saw a pair of woven leather sandals emerging from a djellaba so filthy she could not even name its color. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Madonna] Reference
Over his white djellaba is a blue selham that came probably from Manchester; his stirrups are silver or plated. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
Part of the fun is wandering around and haggling with shopkeepers, some of whom wear the traditional berber robe, the djellaba. From Wordnik.com. [Essaouira] Reference
Turning from me with "Marhababik" ( "You are welcome") just off his lips, he ran forward and kissed the hem of the madman's djellaba. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
Getty Images Almonds When we reached the camp, we were greeted by the proprietor, a tall, smiling djellaba-clad fellow who looked a lot like Frank Zappa. From Wordnik.com. [Top of the World Lamb Tagine] Reference
On a fall day recently, in the blistering heat of the central courtyard, a teen-age girl in a tight black sweater walked with two pregnant friends past an old lady in a djellaba. From Wordnik.com. [The Crescent and the Tricolor] Reference
There Tom — who over the years has disguised himself as a rich expatriate, a grizzled painter, a French police officer, and a drag queen — slips into an Arab djellaba and deals, temporarily, with Pritchard. From Wordnik.com. [This Woman Is Dangerous] Reference
Who had undressed me and put me in a djellaba, and why?. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
A young Moroccan dressed in a djellaba opened the door. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
And you might be tempted to buy a Moroccan djellaba and go native. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories]
The men wore a kaftan with a hood made of thick wool called a djellaba. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
"His wife used to cover her face, and he wore a djellaba," Hussain said. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The next thing I knew was that I woke up in a bed wearing a djellaba with nothing underneath. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
As he left, Jacqueline filled the hood of his long woollen djellaba with oranges for his children. From Wordnik.com. [Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
In addition, in some Arab countries men wear the djellaba or galibiya, a full-length robe with a hood and long sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [The Weekly Standard] Reference
Often, in colder climes - such as the mountains of Morocco - the djellaba is made of heavier fabric with more diverse patterns than the typically-Saudi. From Wordnik.com. [The Weekly Standard] Reference
It depicted an old man in a djellaba, symbolizing the twentieth century, taking leave of a young man wearing a tee-shirt symbolizing the twenty-first century. From Wordnik.com. Reference
They weren’t even chagrined when the writer Irving Justman arrived in an authentic Egyptian djellaba, bought when he was bumming around the world. From Wordnik.com. [Fleur De Leigh’s Life of Crime] Reference
Just inside the fortress’s main portal a young man in a blue djellaba pushed a lopsided, creaking cart marked, in wavering handwritten Arabic, Muthallajat al-Nahdha (“Renaissance Ice Creams”); tiny boys in skullcaps clustered around him, buying his wares. From Wordnik.com. [Going Coastal] Reference
He wore a white djellaba and. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
Very nice djellaba. From Wordnik.com. [Black Friday]
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