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What is the name of the Arabic eyeliner?
The Arabic term kohl—known as kuul in the Horn of Africa, kajal in South Asia, sormeh in Persia—today denotes the eyeliner that Egyptians, around 2000 BCE, called mesdemet, a word that meant, “mineral powder to render the eye expressive,” says Walter.
The Arabic term kohl—known as kuul in the Horn of Africa, kajal in South Asia, sormeh in Persia—today denotes the eyeliner that Egyptians, around 2000 BCE, called mesdemet, a word that meant, “mineral powder to render the eye expressive,” says Walter.