Alexa

So...here it is. We are going to be educated on how to dress decently...Finally somebody is going to teach me how to dress like a respectable woman! About time!

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/fea...018114938.html

seven seas

Do we really want the police storming into bars to enforce the rules? Checking Liquor licenses?

While I am currently unable to indulge in any of the three activities mentioned above, I am a big supporter.

Patsy Stoned

I have a liquor license darling

mathematist

Good article that. Thanks for sharing.

But wait, look what was in the DM today,

Girls will have to wear trousers not skirts, from September

Those failing to obey new rule will be given second-hand clothes to wear

Head teacher says some clothes would be more appropriate at a nightclub

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1xquWtAl8

Also, read the comments section too and how people feel about this...

kittycat1

that is ridiculous- and no girl has ever worn a sexy pair of trousers? I can remember we weren't allowed to wear trousers at school- had to be a skirt- was meant to be knee length but we always rolled them up at the waist, in fact Im pretty sure girls were doing it in the 60's the 70's and every decade since- maybe more sex education and confidence building sessions may help rather than banning things

Alexa

I am sorry, I am not interested in what is happening in some school in England. I live in Doha, you know.

shiva

Just had a search on twitter of #uaedresscode

Holy shit it's gone bat shit crazy. Expats out, personal threats, the works. Just saw they had a poster in Dubai mall removed etc.

This does not bode well for anyone, knee jerk reaction to keep nationals happy and knee jerk reaction to follow when local business owners lose money. It will end in tears for someone just not sure who yet.

Kix

The Oracle speaks. However, yes I agree with you and what a previous poster said about uprising and Arab Spring etc.

lullabelle

How pathetic if the UAE's Arab spring (summer) is over skirt length rather than democracy, freedom, free speech...

Mullet

This whole dress code / law is just a silly sideshow - there are a lot of other issues in this country which extend beyond the activities of western expats and which are maybe more damaging / offensive than someone in hotpants, for example: child obesity, slave labour maids, the oppression of the female race, driving without respect for other road users, failure to use child car seats etc.

Although I am wearing a man-kini and have just offended myself.

shiva

The war of words on twitter is now decidedly one sided as most expats have now bowed out, presumably due to legal retribution.
Makes amusingly naive and xenophobic reading.
Can someone who can be arsed start a campaign where all expats take the day off please. I'd love to see the reaction locally to a day just one day with none of us kaffirs working

OleJanx

Now wouldn't that have interesting results?

al dente

I was in dubai mall today.

Casting a shifty around, two things became appararent. There a many, many people bearing shoulders and knees. Not all western expats either. In fact, it did make you think, they may have a point.

THere were far more burqa's than i have seen for a long time. Usually there are many ladies wearing a hijab but there seemed to me more women only showing their eyes than I have ever seen before. Widening the gap... (not of material obv, but of values )

al dente

Oh but the driving back to AD!! Insane, the worst I've seen for ages. The fast lane must have had 6 or 7 incidents/ near misses having us all swearing like navvies at the tomfoolery.

If a driver like that takes out a friend of mine, i think i'd implode with rage.

Now, where is the twit rage on that?

desert_dwellers

On a positive note, they have far smaller number of illegitimate children than other countries