Shira's Folkloric Photo Gallery

Gargar (Fellahin Dress)

• Photographer: Pixie Vision Productions
• September, 2012
• Style of dress used by Reda Troupe to represent the fellahin of Egypt's Nile delta

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Baladi Dress, Cairo Style

• Photographer: Michael Baxter, Santa Clara, California
• August, 2011
• Traditional baladi dress, Cairo style

Melaya Leff

• Photographer: Michael Baxter, Santa Clara, California
• August, 2011
• Style of dress typically used for dancing with a melaya in Egyptian folkloric dance

Palestinian Thobe

• Photographer: Michael Baxter, Santa Clara, California
• August, 2011
• Traditional embroidered style of dress from Lebanon and Palestine

Sinai Thobe

• Photographer: Michael Baxter, Santa Clara, California
• August, 2011
• Traditional embroidered style of Bedouin dress from the Sinai region of Egypt

Palestinian Thobe

• Photographer: Pixie Vision Productions, Glendale, California
• June, 2011
• Traditional embroidered style of dress from Lebanon and Palestine

Moroccan Takshita

• Photographer: Pixie Vision Productions, Glendale, California
• June, 2011
• Moroccan-style costume and dance

Khaleegy (Gulf) Thobe

• Photographer: Pixie Vision Productions, Glendale, California
• January, 2011
• Khaleegy-style costume and dance

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Saidi Costume

• Designer: Mamdouh Salama, Oriental Moon (In Egypt)
• Shoes by Aruba's Oasis
• Photographer: Pixie Vision Productions, Glendale, California
• January, 2011
• Saidi-style costume and dance

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Assuit Saidi Dress

• Designer: Trish St. John (in California)
• Photographer: John Rickman, San Jose, California
• The dress is made of antique tulle bi telli (often called assuit)

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