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The fez is a cylindrical tasselled heeadwear. a kind of truncated conical garment. It is often classified a cap, but as there is nor peak (bill), that is not quite correct. It was widely worn in the Middle East and to a lesser extent the Balkan areas with Muslim influence. It was a popular Ottoman style and was worn in Arab lands controlled or influenced by the Ottomans. The principal non-Ottoman area where the fez was worn was Prsian (modern Iran). It was strictly male headwear. The fez was commonly red. We are unsure about other colors. We see them worn in many schools im the Muslim world. We think this was at secular schools and not Islamic schools like madrasas. We note both students and teachers wearing fezes. It was a rare headwear type worn by both the boys and teachers. We suspect that reflect a certain orientation on the part of the parents or teachers. We do not yet have enough information on fezes and the Middle East to make much of an assessment. As far as we can tell there was little diiference from country to country concerning the fezes worn.
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