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A woman in the crowd explains why green is such a significant colour for the Sufi order. “I’m wearing a beautiful green jalabiya. It was a gift from my sheikh, and looks like the typical great Sufi dresses. It symbolises the simplicity and the calm of Sufism, and its charm and beauty”. Most cloaks and garments, she says, are bestowed to the dervishes by the order’s sheikh during formal initiation ceremonies. (Photo by Ala Kheir, John Burns and Ibrahim Algrefwi/Brownbook)
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