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A smiling man wearing a beige galabia and a simple turban greeted them.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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A smiling man wearing a beige galabia and a simple turban greeted them.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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Standing tall in a loose, flowing galabia and white head wrap, Ibrahim looks somehow wizardly, maybe capable of vaporizing slackers with a cast from the long, intimidating stick-wand he keeps clutched behind his back.
Human Sacrifice in Ancient Egypt? Jan 2008
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Standing tall in a loose, flowing galabia and white head wrap, Ibrahim looks somehow wizardly, maybe capable of vaporizing slackers with a cast from the long, intimidating stick-wand he keeps clutched behind his back.
Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008
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Turning, she saw an Arab in a tan galabia heading toward her.
From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982
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"Actually, no, this doesn't happen all the time," he said, lowering himself to a more comfortable position on the floor, gathering his galabia in close around his folded legs.
From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982
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He was wearing a black galabia that might have seemed far too warm for the high temperatures, but Jenny knew the garment was more effective in preserving body moisture than a lighter fabric, which would have allowed the moisture to evaporate.
From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982
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His forearms and hands - all that appeared from the long sleeves of his galabia - were thin, his fingernails long and cracked.
From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982
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Jovial, pot-bellied Faris joked with international journalists throughout, chain-smoking so hard that ash was permanently falling down his once-pristine galabia.
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Jovial, pot-bellied Faris joked with international journalists throughout, chain-smoking so hard that ash was permanently falling down his once-pristine galabia.
sosheshall commented on the word galabia
A garment worn mainly in muslim countries.
August 13, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word galabia
"Naima had already changed out of her house galabia and into the hard fabric of her black dress, a veil wrapped tightly around her head, revealing the delicate shape of her skull."
"Naima" by Hisham Matar, in The New Yorker, January 24, 2011, p 64
February 1, 2011