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The quiz is back!!

Posted by Alaa eddine SAGID on April 14, 2015 at 2:15pm
Anyone is welcome to identify from where this lady come from. the first one to answer is invited to post a new picture ( a person or a jewel). Don't hesitate to share with us your brainstorming and remarks in case you don't have a definite answer, it could help others identify it. Good luck:
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  • Mustafa J. Salem April 14, 2015 at 2:27pm

    Background wall and type of rocks look like in Malta. The jewellery may indicate Palestine?

  • Mustafa J. Salem April 14, 2015 at 2:28pm

    Or perhaps Jordan

  • Preethi April 14, 2015 at 3:01pm

    A cross, the coin necklace, the hair - makes me think of the Caucasus region...

  • Ethnic Embellishments April 14, 2015 at 3:15pm

    I think the Levant (old Palestinian regions)  This would be a Christian girl, hence the cross.  I also imagine that she could be from one of the Eastern Iraqi communities (lots of Assyrian Christians there).

  • Preethi April 14, 2015 at 3:21pm

    That bracelet confuses me though - looks almost Egyptian.

  • ingrid Langerak April 14, 2015 at 3:48pm

    It brings me to Palestinia.  Coins, choker(coming close to the Yemeni/Ethiopian chokers. The features and he braids.

  • Alaa eddine SAGID April 14, 2015 at 7:32pm

    Wow i am impressed, many thanx for all your input.

    This picture was presented in Paris a couple of months ago in an exhibition dedicated to christians from the middle east and indeed one of the first thing to be noted is the cross down from the main choker.

    If we add the famous bracelets commonly found in Sinai/palestine/jordan among the bedouins and the very distinctive choker with low hanging coins, we could easily start to have a closer idea.

    This is a christian woman from the AZAIZAT tribe from Jordan.

    The outfit and the hairdo is that of a rural lady, which startled me as i have always thought of chritians in the subregion to be more city/village dwellers with sophisticated costumes

    We have got partial answers, Mustafa was the first to say Jordan, so if you are all agreeing we would love to see if he can provide us with a mystery picture. What do you think Mustafa?

  • Alaa eddine SAGID April 14, 2015 at 7:34pm

    By the way isn't she wearing an "iznaq" of the like posted by Lynn, but one with a cross?

  • Mustafa J. Salem April 14, 2015 at 10:34pm

    Thanks Alaa, what kind of picture do you expect.. please guide me on that.

    Thanks for the quizz

  • Alaa eddine SAGID April 14, 2015 at 10:51pm
    No big deal Mustafa. Try to find a picture of a woman wearing jewelry (for example) without giving further info, and post it. Forum members have to try to identify it !
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