Hashimi Dress

{{Short description|Iraqi Arabic dress}}

The Hashimi dress is a kind of dress, usually black and gold colored, that is typically worn by the Arab women of Iraq.{{cite web|last1=IRFAD|title=Iraqi culture and fashion|url=http://irfad.org/iraq-fashion/|website=IRFAD|accessdate=17 July 2015}} Some non-Arab ethnic groups in Iraq have also adapted these traditional dresses into their cultures.{{cite book|last1=Holes|first1=Clive Holes|title=Culture and traditions of the Arabian gulf|year=2001|publisher=BRILL |isbn=9004107630|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJLjAKH7-rIC&pg=PA135|accessdate=17 July 2015}} The name of Hashimi dress is associated with the women of the Arabian tribe of Bani Hashim.{{cite web|last1=Oxford Islamic Studies|title=Banu Hashim|url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e292|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063210/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e292|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015}} The dress can also come in other colors such as green and gold or red and gold. In addition, the dress is typically accompanied with jewelry such as gold earrings, necklaces, and headpieces.{{cite book|last1=Stillman|first1=Yedida|title=Arab Dress|date=2000|publisher=Brill|pages=150–153|isbn=9789004113732|edition=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1MLfAAAAMAAJ&q=Arab+jewelry|accessdate=17 July 2015}}