• “Middle East is colonial language, the British colonised both Egypt and India, Egypt was middle east relative to London and India was far east relative to London ”
  • “Bandana” comes from the word “Baandana/ Baandani” - the all American cowboy bandana was really imported tie-dye Gujrati kerchiefs
  • “Dungaree” - The town of Dongri in Maharashtra produces a rough and tough cotton weave that became the staple in factories in the west

Refs

  1. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZAM4K7vZS3/ - Nawal El Saadawi
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUGJuCG-LeY