Tarboush still on sale in Sidon despite lack of popularity
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
The tarboush in Lebanon, called a fez elsewhere, is no longer a noble masculine headdress but rather an old-fashioned trend whose followers are seen in a mocking light, Ali Hamdan told The Daily Star on Tuesday. Hamdan, who owns a shop for antiques and folkloric souvenirs in Sidon, said he has to import the hats from Turkey.
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