Akbīr_alḥarīr: (Akbīr: Arabic: large, alḥarīr: Arabic: silk), a striped tunic dress made of red silk (tidi_akbar_lihrir_asgaagh) or green silk (tidi_akbar_lihrir_awraagh) decorated with two hand-woven pieces called (litshinab_nagil_al harir). Traditionally, the Siwan bride in Egypt wore it on her first and seventh wedding day with a white dress (taqṭusht maqlī) underneath.

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