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MetaFilter: I'm naked under this burka. ⇒

   22 June 2005, mid-afternoon

I don't think women have to wear Burkas in UAE. That said, Flickr has apparently been banned in the UAE.

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  1. I have been to Dubai and Sharjah (saw a cricket match). By all accounts women do enjoy certain freedoms than say Saudi Arabia. I think they still can’t drive there though. But I saw a lot of women in bikinis at the beach. Its like most of the middle east today; things are changing albeit slowly.

    by Sunny on June 23 2005, 7:39 am   #

  2. are you sure the women in bikinis were arabs though? Most likely than not they were vacationers.

    by sh!ma on June 23 2005, 10:18 am   #

  3. Nah, they were muslim women for sure.

    Things are even better in Lebanon. Most of the younger women in Beirut are completely western.

    by Sunny on June 24 2005, 12:06 am   #

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