# Balgha

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{{Short description|Heelless leather slippers made from Northwest Africa}}
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thumb|200px|right|A pair of black balghas.{{Arabic culture}}'''Balgha''' ({{langx|ar|البلغة|l-bəlġa}}), also spelled '''balga''', '''belgha''', or '''belga''', are heelless [slipper](/source/slipper)s made from [leather](/source/leather). They are part of traditional dresses of the [Maghreb](/source/Maghreb) and [Egypt](/source/Egypt).<ref name="Manual de etnografía cántabra">{{cite book|last=González Echegaray, Joaquín; Díaz Gómez, Alberto. |date=1988 |publisher=Santander: Ediciones Librería Estudio |title=Manual de etnografía cántabra|isbn=84-85429-76-1 }}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Baedeker (Firm) |first=Karl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHRBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA40 |title=Egypt: Lower Egypt, with the Fayûm and the peninsula of Sinai |date=1878 |publisher=K. Baedeker |pages=40 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Marlowe |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NSKuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT148 |title=Four Aspects of Egypt |date=2023-02-14 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-80598-7 |pages=148 |language=en}}</ref>

Balghas are worn by men and women of all social classes, both in urban and [rural areas](/source/Rural_area).

It is also known a '''Babouche Slippers''' by [Moroccans](/source/Moroccans). In [Morocco](/source/Morocco), they are seen as luxury footwear and are available in various colors, materials and patterns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adene |first=Gift |date=2025-03-25 |title=Babouche Slippers: The Ultimate Guide to This Timeless Fashion Staple - Charming Magazine |url=https://charmingpro.co.uk/babouche-slippers-the-ultimate-guide-to-this-timeless-fashion-staple/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of shoe styles](/source/List_of_shoe_styles)

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|editor=Penguin Books|editor-link=Penguin Books|title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Tunisia: Tunisia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=veua-AI1Q-wC&pg=PA350|date=1 August 2011|publisher=[Dorling Kindersley](/source/Dorling_Kindersley)|isbn=978-0-7566-8479-2|page=350}}
* {{cite book|last=McLachlan|first=Anne|title=Morocco Handbook with Mauritania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-ouAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Footprint Handbooks|page=238|isbn=9780900751905}}

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Category:Arab culture
Category:Islamic culture
Category:Arabic clothing
Category:African clothing
Category:Folk footwear
Category:Slippers

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