Egypt. A group of women are gathered around a street vendor wearing a gallibaya, who is selling dates from baskets placed on a wheeled cart. He is serving the fruit in cones made from rolled paper. The women are wearing al-habara, consisting of a full-length skirt, a head cover, and al-burqu’, a face-cover. Two of the woman are also wearing Arūsat al Burqa, ornamentation worn on the face veil.

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