Algerian Hayek

Hayek, Algerian women's adornments and symbols of local and national culture. Is a part of the popular heritage that we are proud of over time. It has always provided the Algerian woman with magic and beauty that stems from his whiteness and preserves her modesty and increases her beauty and value, especially for those who know how to get on her body in a smart and respectful way.

Hayek was commonly used in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco.

The word "Hayek" refers to the dress of women in Morocco, which is made up of a garment worn by a woman, covering her head, face and whole body.

It is called "Hayek" in the center of Algeria and in the capital and its suburbs, as well as some areas in the east of Algeria, while in the west of Algeria is often called "Alksa", and there is the so-called "Almslp" to say:

We can refer to the root of the language (hk) and the verb is itchy - knitting - weaving in the sense of weaving, and from this we derive the word Hayek any dress woven or woven.
Al Hayek in Algeria:
Hayek Al-Marma: One of the best types of Al-Hayek was wearing only the thin layer that the women boast of wearing. They include the women who have mastered this type of fabric, and weave from pure silk, and from it what is mixed with linen or wool. Weaves in Algeria and was imported from Tunisia.
Hayek al-Ashashi: He was weaving in Tlemcen (and perhaps still there is still one who will advise him to this day). He is dressed by the general women, and is distinguished from Hayek Al-Maramah in color, the first is pure white and the second is yellow.
Al-Hayyek al-Safsari: This type of al-Hayek was present on the women of the eastern Algerian, the dress of the women of Andalusia, who moved to North Africa with the arrival of the Andalusian refugees, until the dress of the urban women became Tunisia, Kairouan, Constantine and others. The epoxy is made of silk or cotton.
Hayek in Algerian popular culture:
Al-Hayek is dressed in Algeria with al-'Ajjar, a women's veil that the woman puts on half and her underside. Only the eyes remain prominent.

Ajar is a cloth embroidered with a plain or rubber thread on the upper sides of it, so that it is packed and tied when wrapped on the head to prove the face. The agar is the same color as the hick.

Algerian women continued to wear the veil and did not abandon it until almost the eighties. With the political and social change that Algeria experienced at the time, some women abandoned it to wear headscarves, jalabiyas or robes. However, there are those who refused to give up, especially our grandmothers, Can be compromised.

It is also clear that Hayek was the preferred dress of the guerrillas during the Liberation Revolution. He helped them hide from the French colonial forces and escape the observation by pretending to be women and enabling them to pass weapons and documents to the rebels, even carrying out guerrilla operations.