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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd also say it's not Arabicize everyone--more like Gulfize everyone.

In the Levant, women traditionally wore long dresses with white veils (fancier for special occasions) that did not cover up the hair directly around the face.  But now women have been convinced that the "traditional" Islamic women's dress is the hijab as one sees today with a mandate to cover up any scrap of hair.  It most decidedly is not.  This particular costume dates to the 1970's.  Some attempts have been made to improve the earliest unappealing aesthetics--I remember women (and there were not many back then) in the late seventies sweating in the street under their polyester coats and synthetic scarves knotted tightly under their chins with material protruding over their foreheads in a most ungainly fashion.

Even in Saudi Arabia, the women of the Asir living in the more mountainous area bordering Yemen in the West did not veil their faces.  They wore hats with very alrge brims (think sombrero) that protected them from the sun while they worked in the fields.  Very hard to do outdoor labor in an abaya.

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Hahah, Gulfies would probably tell you Shamis aren't real Arabs, they are "leftovers of crusaders".[/quote]

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