Costumes and embroidery Gaza City
gauze reputed have originated in gaza. cloth gaza thob woven @ nearby majdal (ascalon). black or blue cottons or striped pink , green fabric had been made in majdal continued woven throughout gaza strip refugees coastal plain villages until 1960s. thobs here had narrow, tight, straight sleeves. embroidery less dense applied in hebron. popular motifs included: scissors (muqass), combs (mushut) , triangles (hijab) arranged in clusters of fives, sevens , threes, use of odd numbers considered in arab folklore effective against evil eye.
in recent decades, hamas , other islamic movements sought increase use of hijab ( headscarf ) among gazan women, urban , educated women, , hijab styles since introduced have varied according class , group identity.
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