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Examples
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But he turned up for a final pre-trial hearing Monday, and arrived for the start of jury selection session the next day in a suit, shedding the traditional Arab "galabeya" robe issued to the detainees at the Guantanamo camps.
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There are tears in the old man's eyes as he pulls at my galabeya, and his stink gets in my nostrils.
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The rest of the path proves steeper and I am sweating through my galabeya when I finally reach the hilltop.
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Then, out popped our guide, a sprightly young Egyptian man dressed in little more than a galabeya, the traditional long men's shirt.
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And had I nixed the Egyptian-theme "galabeya party," as I nearly did out of concern my guests might hate dressing up as belly dancers and whirling dervishes, I would have made a big mistake -- they loved it.
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And had I nixed the Egyptian-theme "galabeya party," as I nearly did out of concern my guests might hate dressing up as belly dancers and whirling dervishes, I would have made a big mistake -- they loved it.
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And had I nixed the Egyptian-theme "galabeya party," as I nearly did out of concern my guests might hate dressing up as belly dancers and whirling dervishes, I would have made a big mistake -- they loved it.
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This old man, dressed in a long dark galabeya, had deep wrinkles due to his old age.
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Women shopping in rural galabeya robes pack the mostly unpaved alleys, and men work in metal workshops and small grocery stores or sit at small coffee shops.
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