Not to be confused with Khaligi or Khaleeji (Arabic: خليجي) which refers to Arabs from the Persian Gulf or the GCC - Gulf Cooperation Council-(United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq), where the term literary means a person from the Gulf (Arabic: خليج)
Another example is a very long, over-sized woman's garment with a heavily embroidered front panel and billowing back, also known as a Khaleeji dress, which is most commonly seen in the West worn for performance of the Saudi women's social-style dances, in which manipulation of the large thawb is a key component.
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Khaleeji singer Ali Bahar is one of the few Bahraini pop stars to sing in a local dialect, along with his band Al Ekhwa.