Ghutra and shemag: where does Saudi scarf come from? - KAWA
A Saudi soldier wearing a ghutra in 1944. Shemagh, 50s fashion style. Ghutra was generally worn over a kufi – which was used to fix the scarf on the top of the head – and locked with a black rope, called iqal. This association has even been embraced by UK soldiers, during the British Protectorate over Saudi Arabia, ...