Djellabas

North African djellabas and sub-Saharan African gowns -- along with many all-encompassing black veils, or hijabs. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Courteous, discreet waiters in white djellabas and red fezzes scurry about to fulfil your every desire-well, gastronomic desire, at least. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Down La Canebière I stroll, heading for the glinting, faraway turquoise eyespot of the Old Port, following women dressed in ankle-length raincoats and Islamic head scarves, long-faced men in frayed djellabas and knit skullcaps, gangly youths with scruffy beards. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Overweight boys in djellabas drive race-car simulators in a Dubai video arcade. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We have just passed a group of about 15 men in flowing white djellabas, or robes, carrying kalashnikov rifles. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the entrance archway, a group of people dressed informally in North African clothes, the men in long djellabas, the women with their heads covered in silk scarves, chatted cheerfully. ❋ Appiah, Kwame Anthony (2008)

When Eunice and I arrive, the waiting huts are already full of men dressed in turbans and white djellabas. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The natives of Fez—Fassis—looked medieval in their djellabas and headscarves, although the colorful clothing of Moroccan women gave them a visibility on the streets that was in stark contrast to the crow-black invisibility of their counterparts in Dubai. ❋ SUZANNA CLARKE (2007)

Adults wore new djellabas and brightly colored babouches. ❋ SUZANNA CLARKE (2007)

Caftans, dashikis, tunics, and djellabas from Africa and Indonesia sometimes feature batik prints. ❋ Lloyd Boston (2005)