* While Hijazi girls call their mothers-in-law Mama, Najdi girls find that disrespectful to their own mothers, so they call the husbands’ mothers Aunt.
* Here, Sheikh refers to the patriarch of an Arabian tribe or family.
* Jurists.
* A legal opinion or ruling.
* A female Saudi poet.
* A rephrasing of her name to make an affectionate nickname.
* A Lebanese singer.
* Expensive oil perfume that is extracted from trees in limited parts of Asia.
* An abaya is a long, loose black robe worn on top of clothes whenever a woman is outdoors.
* Unlike in the United States, medical school in Saudi Arabia starts right after high school and lasts for seven years.
* Saudi men’s garments; a thobe is a long white loose dress, while a shimagh is a red and white triangular-shaped cloth worn on the head topped by an eqal to hold it in place. An eqal is a thick round, ropelike sash. Nowadays the shimaghs and thobes are designed by such famous names as Gucci, Christian Dior, Givenchy and Valentino.
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