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Street Style: UAE abaya edition

Always on our best dressed list for the 3baya crowd, the Emirati lady above:

And got to love the purple satin sleeve of the abaya below:

And while I am not loving the purse...

....Love the fabric, and love the cut, plus the rose detail at the waist.

Cool sleeve on the right.

Very elegant.

Awesome print on top of well cut abaya.

Great accessorizing with a simple bronze trimmed abaya gown.

While this abaya loses points for being too tight, I love the pink trim matched to the Birken.

Way cute cut on the abaya with a courdinating clutch.

The bold 70s print and wide sleeves appeals.

I love the jersey fabric trim and the colour.

Blue satin trim with a matching satin dress underneath. Love the baby blue!

K, I like animal prints, so I like this, but I don't like mixing TWO animal prints. I'd wear it different. Arab women like to mix animal prints and florals.

I really like the French print and simple trim on the shayla.

The cut of this one, and the colour make it my favourite of the lot.

BTW, if you are an Omani girl and want to contribute to our street section, just take a picture of yourself with your head cut from the shot so no one knows it's you;)

A thing for hats... & about the Shebab ; ;, nudge, nudge

My Omani husband (aka MOP) has a thing for hats (and obviously white English-speaking women right?). I think it stems from his crush on Kate Winslet's character "Rose" from the Titanic movie. BTW, he had no idea there was a nude scene in that movie, or a sex scene, because it was of course cut out in Oman. This the closest to nude that she got

: in the Oman friendly edition. Scandalous, I KNOW. LOL, believe me, the site of a wellformed ankle can hit an Omani guy off, so don't laugh about it, it is true. It is almost like wearing your underwear to the 7/11 in the USA, lol, I am serrious, a nice ankle.

So Winslet's character was very idealized to MOP. He also has NO idea that I am writing about him or things he has confided to me, so if you know both of us, um, yeah, please be kind, and rewind, and forget I ever brought up the Kate Winslet thing. Anyways, I am writing this post because yesturday I saw two beautiful young expat ladies (like myself---only I was fully veiled, including my face) differentiated only in how they were dressed. One was in a skirt exposing her upper thighs but long in the back, and her midriff, and the other was wearing loose fitting linen trousers and a long T. They were both lovely, but one was dressed too sexual for an Omani grocery store. I was actually offended but the midriff exposed one, but hey, I was in a face veil, and didn't want her to think women who wear face veils are intolerant so I didn't say anything, but to be honest, there was only one man and one woman who wasn't bothered by her dressed like that. Everyone else, even the expats were going like, WTH? Al Fair isn't Rockbottom or the poolside at the Intercon. I don't creep people out in my face veil in NA, I pin pretty pins to it and flowers and wear colours to be less offensive to North Americans in my Muslim garb. And as a non Muslim expat I never showed my midrif AND inner upper thighs at the same time. It is just kind of rude. It isn't bad, but it is inconsiderate. What is pipctured below is NOT appropriate for GROCERY SHOPPING in Muscat!!!! Ahhhh, please don't give expats like me a bad rep okay? And you will, I know Omanis. And in case you don't believe good 'ole extremist me, from my very arab husband the following:

"Most Omani guys who don't understand your culture will veiw you as a peice of meat."

On from that rant a friend of mine were discussing the Shebab (Muslim Arab guys) and how sometimes the players are better than the seemingly innocent ones, because at least the players had enough game to have neverslept with a prositute. I am serrious. Guys, if this is not you, please don't be offended, but, it is the majority of guys that were my friends. They either were cool enough to have dated, or they, ugh, well, let's not go there but they er, went to Dubai & Thailand. Anyways, we came to the conclusion that all the truly innocent ones marry very young IN ORDER to avoid being in the two above categories. Which isn't the real reason a woman wants to be married to a guy but...

This post is depressing.

I love my husband, whatever category he fell into before, alhamdulilah, he is my man now;)

Fake Hermes Birkens in Muscat?

Does anyone know where I can buy a semi-good quality fake Hermes Birken bag in Muscat? Yes, I know that sounds trashy, but at least it isn't fake LV right?

Let me know in the comments section, thank you lovelies.

I know they exist cuz I lots of girls at SQU carrying them, and they weren't real so please give me the down lo, lol.

Introducing the Drews, and a little Dhofar War history

Mrs. Drew, responsible for planting many of the Sultan's trees around SOAF Salalah.

Kerry Drew, Muqaddam, SOAF Salalah. Once of the Essex Regiment.

I have always been fascinated by history, and the story of the Dhofar Insurgancy is of course one, I as a Westerner, am highly unfamiliar with, due to its lack of coverage in my home country, and being, it was a little before my birth. So I am not at fault for my ignorance.

But living here now, I am starting to research it, as I see it affecting politics and WASTA from time to time, lol, and I happened to stumble on this cute little photostream on flickr while doing so: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianharringtonspier/sets/72157600531648435/ & http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianharringtonspier/sets/72157610414161556/ which show Oman from the 70s- the 80s in Muscat/Mutrah and Dhofar regions.

Before and After Shots of Muscat

The old road to Qurum beach.

I remember the old PDO. There was no Canadian club, that is for SURE. In fact, it was hard to explain that there were English speakers who were not British lol. But there were those here longer than I, and I always love to see their pics of Oman.

The new road to Qurum beach:

The old Qurum beach:

Qurum beach as we know it:

Life before the Intercon:

The Intercon. Yes, Omani boys born in the 70s to conservative villages the Sultanate over. What would you have done without your friend driving you here to spy your first half-naked woman? lol. Sorry Intercon. True story via one of my Shebab.