Comments on: The Dubai Mall

By: David Farrar

David Farrar — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:53:21 +0000

Most women wear a hajib, but not all.

By: dubai

dubai — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:06:22 +0000

> Biomag83

Women can wear pretty much what they like. Muslim women wear Muslim style clothes, with variations depending on cultural background. Western women wear western clothes, as do many Muslim women also. And many women are not shy about wearing clothing that clearly defines their smart arses, although some shopping malls make a token effort at asking women to dress more respectfully. Dubai is nothing like Saudi or Iran when it comes to expectations of women having to cover up.

Dubai is part of the UAE, which is an Islamic country, which means that the state religion is Islam, and the laws and government follow Islamic principles. However, it does not mean that all residents must be Muslim, nor that other religions are banned. In Dubai the government has donated land to other religions to allow them to build churches and temples and other places of worship.

By: Inventory2

Inventory2 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:58:27 +0000

Biomag – lots of women in fully robed, and in some of the malls, we even saw shops which sold burkha with fashion trim – does that answer your question?

By: Biomag83

Biomag83 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:14:02 +0000

Im not trying to be a smart arse , but do the woman wear muslim clothing in Dubai? How predominate is islam there?

By: redqueen

redqueen — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:33:51 +0000

Waterstones?

By: RainbowGlobalWarming

RainbowGlobalWarming — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:34:48 +0000

Is that Waterstones in Picadilly?

By: Chthoniid

Chthoniid — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:12:07 +0000

A somewhat uncharitable remark ISeeRed, you can check the exif data out with an exif reader in your browser.

The photos are taken with an Olympus FE46 or X41 or X42 compact digital camera.
Some of the photos are taken at a shutter speed that is not optimal for wildlife (too slow), indoor lighting (fluorescents, reflections) can confuse the white balance on most cameras, and shooting through glass will also degrade the image.

By: ISeeRed

ISeeRed — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:04:53 +0000

Why are the pictures mostly crap? Were they taken with a mobile phone?

By: Chthoniid

Chthoniid — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:40:57 +0000

I showed a few crocodile photos yesterday Rachel. That’s how $US 50k Hermes handbags begin…close enough?

By: Rachael Rich

Rachael Rich — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:34:53 +0000

Here I am all excited about David’s upcoming story on shopping in the largest mall in the world. He will show us pics of the latests fashions in Dubai, shots of the fabulous jewellery and close ups of designer shoes and handbags.

Instead we get fish!

By: Inventory2

Inventory2 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:02:27 +0000

Sheesh – I thought the Mall of the Emirates with its in-house skifield was impressive ….

By: Grant Michael McKenna

Grant Michael McKenna — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:47:28 +0000

Yea- I’m beginning to think that you are wanting to get a job with the Minister of Tourism…

I think that it is an octopus, not a squid, btw.

edit: check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_spider_crab for the crab

By: francis

francis — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:02:31 +0000

There’s a tourism career in your future, David!

By: Chthoniid

Chthoniid — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:41:14 +0000

Any idea if the crocs were porosus or siamensis?

(I really think you’d know if the seals were having sex)