ghutra

He wears a long, white cotton thobe, bleached and pressed to a dazzling crispness, and a red-checked ghutra headdress held in place by the black agal headband, the wool cord once used by the Bedouins to hobble their camels.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise Richard Bangs 2011

He wears a long, white cotton thobe, bleached and pressed to a dazzling crispness, and a red-checked ghutra headdress held in place by the black agal headband, the wool cord once used by the Bedouins to hobble their camels.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise Richard Bangs 2011

He wears a long, white cotton thobe, bleached and pressed to a dazzling crispness, and a red-checked ghutra headdress held in place by the black agal headband, the wool cord once used by the Bedouins to hobble their camels.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise Richard Bangs 2011

But they eschewed the iqal, the thick black rope that usually held the ghutra in place, because this was also thought to be pretentious, as the Prophet was not known to have worn an iqal.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

They covered their long black hair with white muslin turbans or the traditional Bedouin red-and-white-checkered ghutra.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

He became known around the Southern community for always wearing his country's traditional long, white cotton thobe and ghutra scarf above a long beard.

Craig and Marc Kielburger: Promoting a culture of volunteerism in Saudi Arabia 2010

He became known around the Southern community for always wearing his country's traditional long, white cotton thobe and ghutra scarf above a long beard.

Promoting a culture of volunteerism in Saudi Arabia 2010

Helen Metz always kept a ghutra—the red-and-white-checkered headscarf worn by Saudi men—in the closet for just such an emergency.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

But they eschewed the iqal, the thick black rope that usually held the ghutra in place, because this was also thought to be pretentious, as the Prophet was not known to have worn an iqal.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

Helen Metz always kept a ghutra—the red-and-white-checkered headscarf worn by Saudi men—in the closet for just such an emergency.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010