Ammama or 'Emma (

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: عمامة;

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: عمة IPA: �ʕem.mæor AMMĀMA, Arabic ʿEMĀMA) is a type of

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that is religiously significant to

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. Men in

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usually wear an 'emma with the

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dress. Wearing this headgear symbolizes authority, strength and honor.

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