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However, her personable commanding officer Majid (Shafi al-Harthi) sees the value in her perspective when a high school student’s body turns up in the desert, and Nawal discerns clues from details which the policemen overlook, from the girl’s manicure to the embroidery on her abaya.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 8 June 2026
Fortunately, just then, Marijan entered the living room, with her hair smoothed down and her makeup reapplied, wearing a hand-stitched abaya from Mecca.
—Jamil Jan Kochai, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Men in long white coats called kandura and women in flowing black abaya browse with children, hoping to take home a kitten, goldendoodle, python, canary, fish — or an African grey parrot.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
The brand’s renown has been fanned by the likes Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, who has sported a Bouguessa abaya as a long duster.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 8 June 2026
Fortunately, just then, Marijan entered the living room, with her hair smoothed down and her makeup reapplied, wearing a hand-stitched abaya from Mecca.
—Jamil Jan Kochai, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Men in long white coats called kandura and women in flowing black abaya browse with children, hoping to take home a kitten, goldendoodle, python, canary, fish — or an African grey parrot.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
The brand’s renown has been fanned by the likes Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, who has sported a Bouguessa abaya as a long duster.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Abaya.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abaya. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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