{"id":934,"date":"2010-12-09T05:48:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T05:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=934"},"modified":"2014-07-10T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T17:34:08","slug":"abaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/abaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Abaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a previous post, I wrote about the traditional costumes of Arab men in the Gulf region. In this post, I write about women\u2019s dress. In Gulf countries, women traditionally wear Abaya (\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0628\u0627\u064a\u0629) which is a traditional long black over garment. The Abaya often comes with a matching head cover, as shown in the picture below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9416\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rod_waddington\" aria-label=\"12768689584 4ded9184b5 Z\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9416\" class=\" wp-image-9416\"  alt=\"Image by Rod Waddington on Flickr\" width=\"445\" height=\"353\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/12\/12768689584_4ded9184b5_z.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/12\/12768689584_4ded9184b5_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/12\/12768689584_4ded9184b5_z-350x278.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Rod Waddington on Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are two styles of Abaya, the black one which is used outdoors and the colored ones which are used at home. The materials are different because the home ones are often made of cotton to be relaxing and practical, but the black ones are often made of chiffon or crepe or other non crinkle materials. Women often wear Western style clothes like Jeans and tops, dresses, etc. and wear the Abaya on top.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0628\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 Al Abaya in the UAE\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7sbJnESSJQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the old days, Abays were simple and they were meant to cover the woman\u2019s body in full and give her an appearance of modest. However, nowadays they became very elaborate with embroidery, and sometimes the materials used for them are to some extend revealing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Famous fashion houses now produce lots of Abayas for the lucrative markets of the Gulf, and it is not uncommon to find Abayas made by international designers. There are numerous fashion shows and specialized shops dedicated to Abayas.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0623\u0632\u064a\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0628\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u062a\u0646\u0637\u0644\u0642 \u0641\u064a \u062f\u0628\u064a\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vsmt-M_sSM4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/12\/12768689584_4ded9184b5_z-350x278.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/12\/12768689584_4ded9184b5_z-350x278.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/12\/12768689584_4ded9184b5_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>In a previous post, I wrote about the traditional costumes of Arab men in the Gulf region. In this post, I write about women\u2019s dress. In Gulf countries, women traditionally wear Abaya (\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0628\u0627\u064a\u0629) which is a traditional long black over garment. The Abaya often comes with a matching head cover, as shown in the picture&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/abaya\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":9416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13026,12506,9132,13027,2119],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-abaya","tag-arab-costumes","tag-arab-culture","tag-arab-dress","tag-fashion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9417,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions\/9417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}