Everyone wearing the same clothes is silly

To each his own.. Chairman Mao made everyone dress alike, but they could tell the difference. If they're happy..............

your post none other then an insult to the local people. hope the admin delete this thread. Admin please do something.

I DO WHAT I LIKE, I LIKE WHAT I DO

Good idea! Why dont you tell this personaly to some Qatari or better Saudi, they will be very happy. GCC countries were waiting your idea for decades.

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They look nice in white thobes and abayas. sometimes you can see the young men wearing the ghutra in different way.

Are the smells different?
I'm thinking of an advance olfactory gene.

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Its not of your business... as long as its look decent, no problem with that... and no one will change it just for you...

Timpo, ignorant Thread from you. We are guests in this Country and it's not up to us to change how their National Dress is. It's practical and nice.

Abeyas in various colours , styles and materials, and she is trying to provide an alternative to plain black. And by all accounts, shes doing well, with her products been very popular...So what Timbo says isnt an attack on GCC people nor is it a stupid comment....

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i find his thread is silly and stupid, come to borneo jungle why the primitive people there almost wear nothing and is fine, cos is their tradition, their customs and they live on their land, they can do what the want. So yes this thread is stupid.

I DO WHAT I LIKE, I LIKE WHAT I DO

first of all it's tradition and culure.
Second of all they're not all the same.

You can find a variety of colours, it's the attention to detail that matters in our culture.

E.g. the pen, the cufflinks, the watch. They usually add 'flair'.

Then you have the shape of the pocket, the lining, the different collars, the buttons, the shape of the thobe.

Then you have the different ghitras. Different colours. Most prefer white, but that's their choice.

Then there the way you wear the ghitra.

There are many different thigs and ways.

In winter they use different material, and they are in a variety of colours INCLUDING pin-stripe.

Next time, pay attention to the detail.

Oh and who said there aren't designer thobes, there are Versace thobes, Gucci ghitras, I myself have a Valentino thobe.
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I don't understand why everyone is suddenly attacking Timbo after a simple observation / comment. He's not attacking the national dress, more asking why it's not more colourful or varied, i.e. is it by choice, culture, etc.
As Whoami kindly pointed out, it's a difference in culture and to people who know what they are looking at there is a great deal of variety.

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

oh and Lan I like being sarcastic so I will keep doing it. I also have no doubt that they find some of my clothes funny. I am also not at all worried if they mention it on a forum.

I'm sure if there is an arabic version of QL somewhere they are probably saying exactly that. Something like "why is that ridiculously good looking white guy wearing those horrible shorts, thank goodness he isn't in an all white thobe or we wouldn't stand a chance with the local ladies".....if he was talking about me :)

Yes I do love stepping in the thin line. Can't get enough of it...

good for you I actually like the way they dress here and don't see any reason to change the tradition.

i agree with scarlett, abayas are more colourful than they used to be but the essence is gone.Traditionally(and religiously)abayas should be subtle and not attract attention but now we have loud and at times gaudy work on them which demand attention. the main idea,which is to not draw attention, is gone.
well timbo is right children often get mistaken and run to women other than their mother,especially if they are in niqab, but this rarely happens.
a friend of mine had a similar incident where a qatari man mistook her for his wife and started scolding her in arabic for being late!!! She was apprently wearing a niqab and abaya similar to his wife's. My friend replied in english, he realised his mistake and apologised .actually his wife also standing just a few metres away.

well timbo the white thobe is perfect for the weather here. Cant say the same for the abaya. tried wearing it once but i was boiling. hats off to the women who actually wear it thoughout the year.

Female circumsizion is religion related dmigtysolomon, are you saying that shouldn't be questioned?

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I don't think I would use the word silly.

I like wearing abaya sometimes because it gives me a feeling of unity and identity. I guess it depends on the way you look at it...on a worldwide scale there are very few who wear abaya khaliji (Gulf) style so in that way we are different. On a domestic front although to some non-abaya wearers it appears to some that we all look the same in abayas, the reality is different. I get my abays hand made, as many do, and there are so many types of materials and designs.

I can spot the differences in thobes and abayas a mile away( figurately speaking!). Often the differences will tell you where the wearer comes from in the Gulf (Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi, Emirates, Oman, etc). Hemlines, collars, cuffs are all giveaways on thobes for a knowing eye.

I guess all the world wears a cultural uniform of some sort. Ask yourself whay you wear the clothes that you wear. Isn't it because you wish to be identified as belonging to a certain group?
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Murali I don't think anyone is going to get in trouble for asking why people wear thobes and why they can't have polkadots. This may not be a democracy, but it's not a tyranny either.

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britexpat said:
You can see a group of Bahrainis / Saudis / Qataris etc sitting together and there is no ditinction between them.
We can see the difference! :)

I think the thobe is much more comfortable than anything else, and white=cool!

There's also some symbolism in the thobe, it resembles the shrouds we are covered in which we are buried...

In the future, we will all wear shiny one-piece bodysuits every day.

supernurse, you haven't watched any sci-fi movies?

well in most sci-fi movies everyone's wearing the one-piece jumpsuit. it's quite amusing lol

planning tickets home for next december (ramadan time)- I am again prone to question- what is it with the "the whole damn country has to fast" thing?? living is southeast asia, it was NOT that way, culturally, at all. they always said that to fast, and truly honor Allah by your fast, it had to be a true and real sacrifice, much like "sitting at a bountiful table, and refusing food". Here, it is no sacrifice at all- it just isn't available!!! Wouldn't it be much more significant, if food was available and abundant, and a devout muslim CHOOSE to refuse???
just an off topic note