“Arab man with shell hat”. Painting by the Spanish painter José Tapiro y Baro (1830-1913).
Arab man with shell hat. José Tapiro y Baro.
Category: Arabia
Traditional Egypt costumes. Bedouin girl, Fruit Vendor, Runner.
A Bedouin girl in a shirt-like garment, called “mig wal”. Next to her is an Egyptian Fruit Vendor. She wears a cape or cloak, jilbab, Jilaabah called. Her head is covered by a veil, the niqab.
Resident from Hejaz, Saudi Arabia c.1850
Hejaz was the starting point of Islam in the 7th century under Muhammad, which expanded over large parts of the Middle East and North Africa
Traditional Arabian Women from Cairo. Ottoman Empire.
AN EGYPTIAN ARAB. Arabian Women from Cairo. Ottoman Empire.
A Bedouin Arab in the vicinity of Alexandria. Ottoman Empire.
THIS singular body of Arabs never inhabit any town, but constantly live under tents.