Jellabiya

Today, it is associated with farmers living in Egypt (Greater Cairo, countryside, Luxor, and Aswan) and comes in rich color varieties.

[4] The roots of the Jalabeya can be traced back to Ancient Egypt, where similar long, loose-fitting garments were worn by both men and women.

[5] Many scholars associate the origin of jellabiya with the clothes of Ancient Egypt, as more and more discoveries from Egypt assert that the Egyptians dressed in a similar style garments, such as Tarkhan dress, currently in the collection of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, which dates back to 3482 and 3102 BCE.

Versions for farmers have very wide sleeves and sewn-in pockets used to carry tobacco, money, or other small items.

Along the Red Sea coast in Egypt, and Sudan and among Beja tribesmen, the Arabic dishdash is preferred due to the jellabiya's relation to farming.

During winter, thicker fabrics that are grey, dark green, olive, blue, tan or striped are used, and colorful scarves are worn around the neck or over the head.

Men's galabeya in Egypt typically have wider hems and sleeves in the country than in the city, and a wide neckline with a slit.

They also have breast pockets and collars, buttoned placket front openings, high necklines, and a slightly tighter cut.

In Assuit the galabeya bi wist may have originated as a Coptic Christian fashion, but this distinction is no longer upheld.

[11] Delta galabiya bi sufra commonly have tapered, rather than straight sleeves, with some fullness at the upper arm, and a cuff at the wrist.

The train sweeps away the footprints, and therefore can help defend against the evil eye; it also means that when bent over, the back of the leg is not exposed.

[12]The traditional dress of Kirdasa is a galabiya bi sufra, and made of floral fabric with a beaded yoke, like that of Abu Rawwash.

[11] The dress in Behera, which mostly has a population of Beoduin origin, is a galabiya bi sufra, and has variations based on neckline.

The bust line is framed with two horizontal rows of braid, which dip down in the center in a narrow U shape.

In public, multiple simple dresses, usually with small print patterns, are worn on top of each other.

A velvet shawl may be worn for warmth, and if one could afford it, wool and brushed cotton could be purchased for colder weather clothing.

In Abu Rawwash, the dress was a colorful galabiya bi sufra with a beaded yoke, and shiny fabric was preferred.

The namisa motif is made of rows of straight, dense packed beads, with accenting zig zag lines.

It has a diamond neckline, concentric tucks at the top of the sleeve, pleats on the front of the skirt and dafayir in the back.

The embroidery is executed on machine, and may be using the floral motifs of couched cord (tutturma in Turkish; fetla in the Maghreb) that were popular in urban 19th century dress, and still occasionally appear on sidari in Egypt.

It has a square neckline and horizontal yoke, covered in machine embroidery with metallic threads serving as accents.

The yokes are decorated with ribbons and strips of cloth cut and sewn to form zig zags and trellis (šabābīk, "windows") patterns, or inserts and braid.

There is a medium size flounce on the skirt with three horizontal tucks above it on the front, creating a train in the back.

[11] Mit Hamal's dress is a galabiya bi sufra in plain black cotton with no embroidery, trimmed with šabābīk.

A pointed neckline with Salamant style beading may have a black inset cut to resemble lapels and edged in foll festoons.

The Kūbrī al Zamālik (Zamalek bridge) dress has a square neckline and a pointed yoke with fabric foll festoons on its bottom edge.

The point at the bottom of the neckline is bordered by two inverted triangles made of strips sewn together, also called šabābīk.

The neckline is framed by an inset of the dress material in a collar outline, detailed with šarāyiṭ satān around the edge.

The yoke has a type of simple smocking called ʿišš al naml (ant's nests), with beads in between the gathers.

[11][13] In the UAE, the jalabiya is a fashionable piece of clothing, wearing it with a matching headscarf is usually the attire worn.