Palestinian costumes turbans, called "shash". In Hebron, it would be of red and yellow silk, in Nablus red and white cotton. Men in Jaffa wore white and gold turbans, similar to the style in Damascus. A green turban indicated a descendant of Muhammed. From 1880 the Ottoman style of tarboush or fez began to replace the turban amongst the effendi class. The "tarboush" had been preceded by a rounder version with blue tassel which originated from the Magreb. The arrival of the more vertical Young Turk version was emancipating for the Christian communities since it was worn by all civil and military
A. M. Muhammed A. M. Muhammed A M Muhammed (born 1958), is a writer in Malayalam based in Abu Dhabi. A. M. Muhammed, born in Madathikaranma, Oachira, Kerala. He is a well-noted writer in Malayalam; he has published more than one dozen books as novels, short stories, essays and dramas. "Sahara" is his well-known novel written in the theme of Arab’s life and culture published by India’s leading publishers, D. C. Books. It is noted as the first Indo Arab novel. Its English translation will come out very shortly. Muhammed has been living in United Arab Emirates since the 1980s. He is also