Does That Abaya Come in Brown?
The West has a particular image of Saudi women: Draped in plain black cloth with their faces mostly, if not fully, covered.
But basic black isn’t the only option. There are personally designed abayas, gray abayas and, a Jeddah favorite, the brown abaya:
Deema Almashabi designed her own reversible abaya.
Raneen Bukhari, a young blogger in Dammam, in her gray abaya.
Laura Bashraheel of the Saudi Gazette in a Jedda favorite, the brown abaya.
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