djellabah

My childhood still keeps the perfume of safran, kousbara, mint, henneh..the sound of “chants andaloux” and the morning prayer coming out from the mausoleum..the djellabah for women and the fez hats for men..the medina and all the incredible artisanat..and so many things.

solo 2007

Later I found it was only Bannerjee fanning me with part of my djellabah.

cat’s meow melissa de la cruz 2001

Later I found it was only Bannerjee fanning me with part of my djellabah.

cat’s meow melissa de la cruz 2001

Later I found it was only Bannerjee fanning me with part of my djellabah.

cat’s meow melissa de la cruz 2001

Everyone recognized his stocky form in the plain djellabah, his rather heavy features bared to the sky.

The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

Sweat plastered her hair and the djellabah he had lent to the curves of her.

The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

The boy reached under his striped brown djellabah and picked at the scab on his shoulder.

The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989

Sweat plastered her hair and the djellabah he had lent to the curves of her.

The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1988

But instead of putting on a lifejacket and holding up blow -- tube whistle etcetera, she quickly lifted the loose black djellabah that was her only garment and stood before them stark naked, so that they could all see the arsenal of her body, the grenades like extra breasts nestling in her cleavage, the gelignite taped around her thighs, just the way it had been in Chamcha's dream.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

"Oh, but they will -- they shall!" roared Willard, in a voice unknown to his own ears, as he flung off the old woman's hand and, trampling on the djellabah in his flight, dashed into the crowd at the spot where it had swallowed up his master.

The Seed of the Faith. 1919