1.   Most delegates wore sober business suits, but there were a few flowing Arab robes and bright African costumes.

2.   There was the basic black suit of the West, long Arab robes trimmed in gold, and military uniforms with black arm bands.

3.   Though men wear Arab robes and homes feature eastern designs, there are few physical remnants of history.

4.   Women in head-covering abayas and men in crisp white Arab robes walked to the polls next to Iraqis in modern Western suits and dresses.

5.   After the initial fear and bewilderment, foreigners often emerge in high spirits, sometimes with gifts of curved daggers or Arab robes from their gracious captors.

6.   As a purported television reporter, he had disguised himself with a white beard and a traditional Arab robe.

7.   Below the slogan was a drawing of Saddam dressed in a traditional white Arab robe hurling a spear at a large, black hissing snake.

8.   Below that was a drawing of Saddam, dressed in a traditional white Arab robe atop a white horse hurling a spear at a black, hissing snake.

9.   Below the slogan was a drawing of Saddam dressed in a traditional white Arab robe atop a white horse hurling a spear at a black, hissing snake.

10.   But Mubarak, wearing a business suit, and el-Bashir in Arab robes and a billowing turban looked a bit distant as they walked together.