On a recent trip to the United Arab Emirates, an image of the Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla) – flanked by a security team- captivated mainstream media. Camilla was photographed leaving the Emirates Palace Hotel and the picture was released by Clarence House, her official residence. As The Huffington Post described it: “In the image, the […]

About a week ago, a British woman in a Dubai shopping mall, allegedly wearing a shirt which seemed to reveal too much in relation to boobage and leggage, was scolded by a passing Emirati woman who felt the Brit’s clothing violated the modesty dress code put up by mall authorities in respect of the country’s Islamic identity and ethos (which, fortunately, do not effect the emirate’s use of slave labour for its self-glorification).

It’s become common belief that Muslim women, particularly those wear the hijab, are liberated from the media-driven standards of beauty that values the thin and the willowy. But it’s a belief that couches on the idea that head-coverings and modest clothes provide little incentive for showing off a great looking body in public. In other […]