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or less commonly djellabah
: a long loose garment with full sleeves and a hood
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The patriarch even loaned me one a djellaba, a traditional Moroccan outer robe, to wear for a photo, which felt both strange and strangely comforting -- a perfect encapsulation of the whole trip.
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Tim Curran, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023
Omar, meanwhile, wore a Christophe Lemaire djellaba and espadrilles in a Catalan-meets-Arabic spirit, a departure from his usual uniform dressing.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2018
Tim Curran, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023
Omar, meanwhile, wore a Christophe Lemaire djellaba and espadrilles in a Catalan-meets-Arabic spirit, a departure from his usual uniform dressing.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2018
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“Djellaba.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/djellaba. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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