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		sdeer 51 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why warm countries are poorer I am from eastern India, not Brazil. It is definitely too humid to wear robes. Arabia is dry and hot, very different from humid and hot.

thaumasiotes 50 days ago [–]

Really? Here's an image of what I take to be some Indian clothing: https://www.lerevecraze.com/product/mep14377/

And here's some Arab clothing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dishdasha.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawb#/media/File:Sheikh_Moham...

They don't look very different, to me.

I pulled this from a Bangladeshi newspaper's website: https://cdn.bd-pratidin.com/public/news_images/2025/09/29/17...

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