Arab teacher and students

This is a photograph of a person in Arab or Islamic dress, which is a long white robe called the "Thobe," teaching the Koran to three young boys also clad similarly. This ankle length robe is usually white. The young boys are wearing it too, along with a head scarf (ghutra) which is usually worn by men in the middle east. This scarf, is usually white, or checkered red/white or black/white and is tied with a black rope band. This scarf is also shemagh or kuffiyeh.

This photograph is not of real people, and was taken in a museum in Dubai. These are mannequins.

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