I agree fully. Women elsewhere surely wore much more colorful dresses than the Bedouins. At least the younger ones, the black color was at least in some culture

I agree fully. Women elsewhere surely wore much more colorful dresses than the Bedouins. At least the younger ones, the black color was at least in some cultures common as the "mourning" color. Having women wearing black in the areas where the Sun could kill them while men at the same time wear white was surely practical for Bedouins restricting their movement and making them any kind of the "escape" riskier. Luckily, Persia was something else, thanks to its history. Kindly allow me to be very subjective, to my eyes, Iranian women are beautiful above average (the ones I've met didn't wear headscarves). I do understand the people becoming poets in their presence. As you are the OP, any chance of obtaining access to the other poems mentioned in the article? Any affiliation?