dishdashis

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dishdashis

  1. plural of dishdashi
    • 2008 February 11, Tamar Lewin, “In Oil-Rich Mideast, Shades of the Ivy League”, in New York Times[1]:
      Qataris, Bangladeshis, Syrians, Indians, Egyptians — in saris, in suits, in dishdashis, in jeans — came to hear what it takes to win admission to one of the five American universities that offer degrees at Education City, a 2,500-acre campus on the outskirts of Doha where oil and gas money pays for everything from adventurous architecture to professors’ salaries.