how women really dress in the middle east

I've been to the Middle East. This is how Muslim women are really dressing these days, sans the nail polish (we've got spectactular eye liner to make up for it). The reason no nail polish: Muslims pray five times a day, and before prayer, hands must be washed with water (the nail polish is an enamel and doesn't allow water to permeate the nail). So, if we Islamic girls wanted to wear nail polish, we'd have to be always taking it on and off. (Not practical, but some ladies with maids manage it, and carry a bottle of remover with them every where. Not practical for the average sister sans a hand maid to dress us, brush our teeth, and do our nails five times a day. But sans the black Chanel polish, these girls dress like the majority do: notice the sunglasses are taking the place of the veil as a fashion, just as the veil replaced the birqa.

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