The abaya "cloak" (Arabic: عباية ʿabāyah or عباءة ʿabā'ah, plural عبايات ʿabāyāt) is long overgarment essentially a robe-like dress, worn by some women in parts of the Islamic world.
It is considered an Arabic cultural dress integrated into the hijab, or Islamic dress, for many countries of the Arabian peninsula such as Saudi Arabia or United Arab Emirates, where it is the national dress.
When Im in UAE I wear abaya- it feels weird not to. Not only is it islamic and covering but also national dress and you just dont get the same treatment without it- plus i get stares walking with my local husband down the mall as they think i'm "moroccon" or something which is unfortunately a derogatory term in this part of the world.
I just found out too that the shiny "ruby" abayas are the ones which the "moroccon bad girls" wear and nobody told me this before but since I knew I have stopped wearing. My local husband likes me in my abaya in fact he doesnt allow me to go out in anything else lol and the "khayaa6" the "abaya maker" comes to their house once a week to make new abayas for all his sisters. Mashallah he has many sisters like 15 I still confuse up their names :)
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