A man wearing a modern day thawb (long tunic) and taqiyah (cap). Men started wearing a long one piece garment with sleeves called a thawb. In the Umayyad Caliphate (AD661 - 750) designers started ...

However, fighters have steered clear of wearing the country’s traditional dress until Eubank Jnr opened his workout wearing a thawb and started carrying out pad work while still wearing the robe.

Accordingly, the Saudi students must wear the attire composed of the thawb (a male robe) and the traditional headgear. For non-Saudi students, they are required to wear the thawb. The requirement ...