Dishdasha

Ferraris also mis-uses alhumdil’Allah, she writes bazaar instead of suq; and I heard it called a dishdasha more often than a thobe, and gutra or shamgh rather than keffiyeh which is Palestinian. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He explained that the kandura is the official dress of the Emirates but other countries have their own version of the kandura, also known as a dishdasha, thawb, throbe or suriyah depending what country you are in. ❋ Cator Sparks (2011)

He was dressed in the traditional Arab garment that looked like a long nightshirt known as a dishdasha. ❋ Brad Thor (2005)

Men wear an ankle-length, loose-fitting garment, known as kandoura or dishdasha, which is usually made of white cotton, although darker, heavier materials may sometimes be seen in the winter. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At the counter, he held an urgent conference with the cook, a plump young man in a dirty dove gray dishdasha. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

He was wearing a long white dishdasha and bearing a karaoke machine. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

“And he is wearing a dishdasha and dressed like a sheikh.” ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

(Soundbite of laughter) SAGAL: On the off chance that any of our bosses at NPR are listening, whenever I get on a plane and see guys in Muslim garb, I always think - that, my friend, is a handsome dishdasha. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After the man disappeared, a thin, kindly old man in a dishdasha and a white knit prayer cap came and stood over me. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

As the top was tossed away, a haggard man in a charcoal-colored dishdasha began to move. ❋ Steve Russell (2011)

Iraq-born Imad al-Jabi wore a white dishdasha and played the role of an insurgent during a recent Iraq simulation at Strategic Operations 'San Diego headquarters. ❋ Yochi J. Dreazen (2010)