Nashville families who want a majlis sofa order it made to measure. Sofhu manufactures Arabic majlis and floor sofa sets in Türkiye for Kurdish, Iraqi, Arab and Somali guest rooms, cuts each set to the wall lengths you send, fills it with 32 kg/m³ high-density foam and ships it free to Tennessee. There is no Nashville store; the first step is a quote by measurement or WhatsApp.
- Made by
- Sofhu, manufacturer in Türkiye
- Styles for local homes
- Kurdish diwan rows, Iraqi and Gulf sets
- Sizing
- Made to your wall measurements
- Foam
- 32 kg/m³ (32 DNS), no springs
- Covers
- Zippered, machine wash at 30°C
- Shipping to Nashville
- Free
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Tea is poured, a second round follows, and nobody looks at the clock. That is how a guest is received in a Kurdish home, and Nashville has more Kurdish homes than any other city in the United States. The stretch of South Nashville around Nolensville Pike is known as Little Kurdistan, with its markets and bakeries. A room for receiving guests needs seating that lets ten people face each other, and this is what a majlis sofa gives a Nashville household. Sofhu manufactures these sets in Türkiye, makes each one to the customer’s wall measurements and ships free.
The guest room in Kurdish and Iraqi homes
The guest room comes first. In Kurdish tradition the diwan-khane was the room where guests gathered to drink tea, talk over community matters and listen to singers and storytellers. In Iraq a sheikh quoted in the press put the same priority plainly: when a house is built, the diwaniya is planned before the bedrooms.
Families in Nashville keep that habit in ordinary American houses. In many Kurdish and Iraqi homes guests sit on floor cushions and low seating along the walls, with the carpet left open in the middle. The pages on the Kurdish diwan and the Iraqi diwaniya describe each tradition without mixing them up. The etiquette is shared across the region, and majlis etiquette for guests is worth sending to friends who are visiting for the first time.
Nashville also has Somali and Egyptian communities, including Coptic families, and Arab households from many countries. The names change from house to house. In Arabic the set is a jalsa or a majlis, and the guide to the Arabic jalsa explains how the words are used.
Choosing a layout for a Nashville house
Pick the room first, then the shape. Most houses here offer one of three places for guest seating.
- A front living room. Usually two good walls and a window, which suits an L-shape.
- A den or bonus room. Three walls and a door you can close, which suits a U-shape.
- A long open room. Two facing rows, the arrangement described in the old reed guest halls of southern Iraq, with a clear aisle between them for serving.
The seating must stand against a solid wall, so it cannot run across an opening to the kitchen. Measure each wall at floor level and mark vents, outlets and doors. The post on how many backrests and armrests you need helps you count the pieces for each run.
Fabric and pattern: velvet, kilim and plain weaves
Order the look your family recognises, and the product that goes with it. The Arabic majlis is raised to sofa height and fully upholstered, with a solid base, fixed backs and arm bolsters; Gulf-style majlis sets are often velvet with gold or cream trim, like the pieces on this page. The Arabic floor sofa is a low set of seat mattresses and loose back cushions, and many families want it in kilim-pattern fabric with geometric motifs, closer to the rugs already on their floor. Sofhu makes both, along with plain modern weaves for households that want the layout without the ornament.
Nashville summers are humid, so a washable cover matters whatever the pattern. All Sofhu covers are zippered and removable, and the site states that they can be machine washed at 30°C. Dry them fully before refitting.
What the cushions are made of
The seats are filled with 32 kg/m³ polyurethane foam and contain no springs. Density measures how much material is in the cushion. Denser foam generally keeps its height and support longer, which counts in a room where people sit for hours. How firm it feels is chosen separately: Sofhu describes its standard cushions as firm and will make them softer on request. Cushion thickness can also be specified.
Outside the house: parks and backyards
Sofhu also makes a foldable, portable outdoor mat, useful for a spring picnic or a backyard gathering.
Its outdoor fabrics are described as water-resistant. Sofhu’s page on outdoor sofas, benches and mats shows the options.
Mosques, restaurants and community rooms
Organisations can order in the same way as households. A guest room at a mosque, a family section in a restaurant or a room at a community centre is measured and quoted like a living room, with more attention to hard-wearing fabric. The guide to floor seating for mosques and community centres covers planning for heavy use.
How to order from Nashville
Sofhu has no store or stock in Nashville. The set is built to order, vacuum-packed in sealed bags and delivered to your door with free shipping. Duty or tax on imported goods may apply; ask how it is handled before you confirm.
Send wall lengths, photos and a picture of a pattern you like through the quote by measurement page or on WhatsApp. The state page on Arabic jalsah seating in Tennessee has more, there is a guide for Memphis, and jalsa majlis sets explains the two names side by side.
