4-605: Agal or AGAL may refer to: Agal (accessory) , an Arab men's clothing accessory Agal, Iran , a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran AGAL (association) , (Galician: Associaçom Galega da Língua ), a reintegrationist association that seeks full normalization of Galician language Adobe Graphics Assembly Language , a programming language for GPU shaders in Adobe Flash Topics referred to by
8-543: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Agal (accessory) An agal ( Arabic : عِقَال ; also spelled iqal , egal , or igal ) is an Arab men's clothing accessory. It is a black cord, worn doubled, used to keep a ghutrah (or keffiyeh) in place on the wearer's head. It is traditionally made of goat hair. Modern agals typically use cord manufactured for this purpose (rulers of Bahrain in particular are known for wearing elaborate agal designs), but plain rope
12-693: Is still occasionally utilized. It is traditionally worn by Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula , Iraq , Jordan , and parts of Palestine , and Syria (such as the Negev in Israel, Deir ez-Zor and Hauran in Syria, and Sinai and Sharqia in Egypt), and Ahwazi Arabs . The use of the agal and ghutra is dated through antiquities including bas-reliefs and statues going back to ancient times. The agal
16-453: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Agal . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agal&oldid=1254586126 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Galician-language text Short description
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