tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623483294594610881.post6035170919788009621..comments2024-03-21T21:39:26.324-07:00Comments on A Canadian in Abu Dhabi, UAE: A few words about my shouldersAnn Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794550687631644019noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623483294594610881.post-7095991391273277742009-10-16T22:53:50.877-07:002009-10-16T22:53:50.877-07:00Hi, I am also Canadian and moved to Abu Dhabi in M...Hi, I am also Canadian and moved to Abu Dhabi in March 2008. I like your blog. I have always dressed very conservatively ( pants, my arms always covered and sunglasses) to avoid getting the attention from men. However, when I got back to Canada I wore shorts, skirts, sundresses again...At the beginning, I was surprised that men in my building avoid getting in the elevator and let me have it all for myself or if they decide to get in, they will keep their eyes down or look somewhere but now I understand that it is a sign of respect and I appreciate it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623483294594610881.post-23880720111482752852009-08-29T19:57:51.918-07:002009-08-29T19:57:51.918-07:00Thank you for sharing your brilliant blog, funny y...Thank you for sharing your brilliant blog, funny yet informative!<br /><br />I first found your blog when I was searching for an Etisalat Muroor office on Google, and guess which write-up I found ... I was hooked!<br /><br />Wishing you a super start to the week, yes I am getting used to working on Sundays, having moved here only 2 months ago.<br /><br />Malaysian Food Blogger<br />in Abu Dhabi ... settling in!Julian Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032358874891125944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623483294594610881.post-73576504925043345722009-08-22T00:47:10.677-07:002009-08-22T00:47:10.677-07:00Dear, if you just look English or Ammerican woman ...Dear, if you just look English or Ammerican woman fifty years back you got emmazed to know how conservative and shy woman were they are, unfortunaitly you people have never asked your grandmothers or so how they lived.Shafqat Nawaz Balouchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518883912781342142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623483294594610881.post-30062635183949659002009-08-18T19:38:24.642-07:002009-08-18T19:38:24.642-07:00hmmm..hmmm..roshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271894997251528158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623483294594610881.post-20859555236932146222009-08-18T06:21:21.943-07:002009-08-18T06:21:21.943-07:00It's a sign of respect and of decency.
A man ...It's a sign of respect and of decency.<br /><br />A man is supposed to lower his gaze if a woman walks by who is indecent as to not have his eyes testify against him on judgement day. Oh he looked at so and so.<br /><br />As a show of resect, if a woman is decent, as to not invite indecency and "hassad" (Envy) to that woman's beauty<br /><br />You're lucky. very few men still do. I do, even with my own fiance. She is a very striking girl, and even though she is covered head to toe, she commands respect.<br /><br />Even at work, when a woman walks into my office, and Im the manager of the branch (in a bank) I lower my gaze till she says hello. It is a part of our customs.<br /><br />Sometimes we men joke that it would be better to be a woman given our customs of putting them 1st. Their schools are better, they have special lines at public offices, special bank branches, and even at a place of commerce like a bank, the second a woman walks in some men leave the room, and most clear a way for her.<br /><br />So you stopped dressing decently because others didnt? Lemming. Its sad really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com