Traditional Clothing by Region

Please keep in mind that clothing varies both geographically and in time as well as by sex and social status. This is aimed as a rough guide. For more detailed information please check out the references.

So far there is information on:

Bedouins
Egypt
Nubia
Palestine

Bedouin (c 1980)

Modern Egypt - Cairo market (1970)

Christian woman with embroidered dress 1926.

Palestine (1926)

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