16 March 2008

Hello,
welcome again! It's spring and also easter holiday time, and I have a fantastic topic to share with you. What a wonderful day :) So few weeks ago I learnt a lot of things about the saud arabian culture by writing an article about the women's veils so called hijab, and its religious and cultural contents. Out of the question that wheather they like wearing it or not and what western cultures think about them, I found very interesting the fact, how this wearing influence the saudi women's life. First of all you have to know that they have to wear according to the Quran, they holy book, a large clothing to avoid the phisical attraction of men. In this country they wear a cloth that shield their whole body but their eyes. They have to wear it during they're staying in the street or infront of any men that not belong to the strait family. That's why they have as big shopping centers as the western countries, but with sepated flats for the women clothings. In those departments otherwise the fitting room is also very rarely. But why they need shopping centers if they have no chance to wear anything like the women in Europe or America? Actually it's not true. As I mentioned they mustn't show themselfs infront of other male but parties with other women are not prohibited. So when we notice that saudi women with a lot of money in they pocket are buying Gucci and Armani clothes, they not only watching them at home in the bathroom sadly, but wearing them infront of the family and other women. The market of the most expensive goods are very big in this country. But would you like to live in these countries for beauty home clothes ? Well, I really don't know...

3 comments:

Timi said...

Hi Lili!
Very interesting topic again! :)
Few years ago I have already heard about it. I've also heard that they usually wear make up too.

Hoványi Gábor said...

Hi Lili.

Your entry has made me realise that the Arabs aren't as diffent as I thought from other Western societies. Looks like the Western way of life has spread even further than I have imagined.

Anonymous said...

Hi! :)
It's really interesting because an average European person (like me:p) would think Arabian men are cruel to women.. But as far as your blog states it's not true, they just simply want to keep their wives under their hat, what is not a big deal.