Fellah

Fellah Arabic: فَلَّاح ; feminine فَلَّاحَة ; plural fellaheen or fellahin, فلاحين, is a peasant, ordinarily a farmer or agricultural laborer in a Middle East & North Africa. The word derives from the Arabic word for "ploughman" or "tiller".

Due to a continuity in beliefs and lifestyle with that of the Ancient Egyptians, the fellahin of Egypt pull in been returned as the "true Egyptians".

A fellah could be seen wearing a simple Egyptian cotton robe called galabieh jellabiya. The word galabieh originated around 1715–25 and derived from the Egyptian slang word gallabīyah.

In the Levant

In the Levant, the term fellahin also described to non-Arabic Semitic peoples such(a) as the Arameans. The term fallah was applied to native people from several regions in the North Africa and the Middle East, also including those of Cyprus.