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- ↑ "Culture of Asia jalabiya is stolen from the somali culture". Fortune of Africa.
- ↑ Farah, Safy-Hallan. "The Baati Dress Proves That Modest Fashion Can Be Liberating". Vogue.
- ↑ Matera, Avery. "Zara Accused of Culturally Appropriating a Somali Baati". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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