Look like a Moroccan in Morocco

I don't know why people are banging on about us looking ridiculous in their clothes. Moroccans have no such qualms. This winter at the sheep fair in Souk Ifrane (when all the other farmers were sticking to the regulation black, white or gold-and-white turbans) one charley comes walking down the road wearing a Scottish tartan scarf as a turban with the fringe poking out. Both wrong and beautiful. I really felt like asking him he were entitled to wear that tartan but thought the better of it.

And I hear no one mocking the clobber that some poorer Marrakechis wear - bits of bloody everything.

Maybe he is...click here.

I'm going to get a fouta in Shepherd plaid.

Ainzerka, where do you find this stuff? Nothing more stunning than the burly middle aged man strolling round Fez in a woolly jumper and pleated Turkish pants.

Ainzerka, I know that guy! He really does stroll around in a djellaba :)

Eh?

Ok - forgive the dumb question but what is 'the scarf' you are all discussing? I have worn a couple of silk hijab which I had made before my first trip to the Middle East (December 1992). Basically this is a tube about twenty inches long and 12 inches wide and I wear it pulled up to top of my hairline when out and about in the local community. I have never been questioned about wearing it and have been welcomed within 'women's groups' in various locations. Since I always travel in northern winter and they are made of silk they are a great neck warmer as well. Since it is always cool weather I am usually dressed in baggy long sleeve shirts untucked and baggy cargo pants. Is the hijab the ‘scarf’ you are talking about or is it the large triangle tied under the chin?

Just wrap your scarf around your body (nothing needed under it) and you will be a sensation.
But...yes I think most of us mean a scarf worn over the hair and tied under the chin.

In Morocco, unlike many other countries, women either wear hijab or they don't (for the most part). Those who wear it do not show ANY hair, and wear it in two or three different styles, that's it. Those who don't wear it may occasionally tie a scarf on if it's cold, but they're always sure to show their hairline to distinguish themselves from the mujaheddin.

Maroccofun - yes, I ENJOY 'dressing up' and if it gives you a lot of laughs then great, I like happy people ;-))

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AND
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I shall continue to wear the clothes I love - in Morocco and elsewhere.
I don't say people should necessarily copy me. Indeed, if you buy a cheap, 'tourist' djellaba save it for wearing round home. But if you want the 'real McCoy' and are prepared to spend a little more you can get a great outfit AND earn respect into the bargain.

I've never seen any Moroccan woman of any age wearing that tube thing, although I have one and it's useful, I wouldn't wear it there.

What guy? If you mean your friend with the great blog, yes, I got the link from your blog.

But if you mean the guy in Tanger I saw a lot in 2004, wearing a djellaba more suited to following Abdul Alhazred to the Mountains of the Moon, I haven't seen him since. Surely he couldn't wear it in summer in any case.