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Originally Posted by kashmir
Definitely not street wear! First, in Cairo it would be black in seconds  ; second a woman in men's clothing? third, I didn't see local traditional urban women in any style of galebaya - but I may have missed it as there weren't that many local women around and I tended not to take photos in old Cairo. Women's cotton galabeyas, however, were very inexpensive - so maybe some women do wear them. |
I stayed in a middle-class section of Maadi, a district of Cairo, a few months ago. Many many women were wearing galabiyas. The only completely Western clothes I saw were worn by Christian women. I don't think I was necessarily in "old Cairo", but the galabiya seems to be an important staple for women outside places like the Corniche or Zamaalek.
I felt bad for the men wearing white galabiyas, what with all the soot in the air. The color of choice seemed to be grey, and the occasional black one donned by Saidis.