a long, loose outer garment worn by men in North Africa and the Middle East, consisting of a piece of cloth wrapped around the body.
From Arabic 'haik,' a traditional garment; borrowed into European languages through contact with Arab cultures; the word refers to a specific style of draping cloth rather than a tailored garment.
The haick is brilliant engineering—a single rectangular piece of cloth that can be wrapped infinitely many ways, adapting to weather, social status, and occasion without needing different clothes or sewing.
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