Co-expatriates,,,let us all respect dress code

I'm naked at this very moment!

May I just reminded you...i came also from a country where you can wear what ever you want or bare it all what ever you can. But you are not living in your own country now, you are in the middle east where revealing of too much skin are prohibited. If you can t handle it better to go back to your own country, run naked & wear nothing!

As long as you are in Jungle or having shower, it's ok adey and irq :)

cartian : what other people choose to wear in public is nothing of your business.
And Yes 'if you don't like it you can leave'

It maybe none of my business but I wont be surprise seeing a lot of ladies here caught in the streets or other public areas. Its a QATARI penal Code Law punishes & prohibits wearing revealing indecent clothing "shoulders & knees should be cover. , its in article 57 of Qatar Constitution. No wonder why they are about to tighten the law as there are so many offenders now a days!

It won't happen

was "Good moral conduct" allied to covering knees and shoulders?

So are you saying that when you return to your home country and (shock!) bare your shoulders you become an immoral entity, lacking in all goodness and a danger to society?

conservitives nut jobs will never be happy unless you are covered from head to toe.

To MarcoNandoz-01

What?! cant understand you?! kindly look for a dictionary or rather google for a correct spelling & words & as well as proper sentence.

I just find your attitude rather preachy, telling people what to do. We all know the rules.
And as you said, it's none of your business.
You then go on to cast aspersions on peoples' moral character or, at the very least, being uneducated in that respect.
Do you enjoy telling people what to do? Does it give you a thrill? Yes, we must all be like you. How have we all lived this long without hearing your divine pronouncements?

And what about the locals travelling aboard. They must respect the Non-Abayah culture and take their Hejab off?

'To MarcoNandoz-01

What?! cant understand you?! kindly look for a dictionary or rather google for a correct spelling & words & as well as proper sentence.'

Says the woman whose grammar and punctuation is appalling.

post on QL coming on to tell us what we can and cannot do....

Ms Cartian... if you were on QL for longer periods... you would know how talked to death this topic is and how boring it has become...

Please go back to your CEO's office and give your staff orders instead!

To me revealing means you can see her nipples or you can see his nut saq.

It is a hot country in here.. I mean what do you expect people to wear a coat? Should I wear long sleeve ? And girls? there are like 5 girls in all Qatar, what should they wear?

yup i think its better to cut it off. thanks to all of you!

thanks no thanks.

I just saw 1 cry baby exit QL..What just happened?:)

a member for some 30 odd weeks with posts asking for loans and visa matters...

coming up with this kind of (overly discussed) topic telling others how to dress...THIS TOPIC IS WAY OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE, sweetie.

Telling Qlers who have been here in Qatar for more than 5 years in a pompous and arrogant attitude towards the other posters? tsk tsk tsk

There's an 'educated' way of imparting information and discussion...and your/this replies are not only CHILDISH but lacking of "good netiquette"...

You don't like what my opinion...TOUGH LUCK, KID...so BITE ME!!!

Common you guy's, don't take it too seriously...everyone is free to say what they think is right..

But really, i saw 1 cry baby leave this room..lol

I think the best way to run the campaign is this:

Employ a number of people to make random phone calls to expatriates. The caller can draw attention to the problem immediately by starting the conversation by asking "what are you wearing?" or "Are you naked right now?"

This will certainly raise awareness convince everyone that there is nothing at all perverted with this culture's obsession with sex and sexuality.

lolzzz

Have you met Mr Deity?

http://www.youtube.c...

I think those who don't like revealing clothes are free to lower their gaze and guard their modesty. I don't see any reason why should the ruling be enforced on someone whose employment contract did not include a clause on dress code. You were fully aware of the person's cultural background before hiring, didn't you? Like you knew the guest before inviting him/her to your house. Nevertheless, I am with cartian in respecting the local culture and traditions as far as possible.

Just to clarify , Article 57 of Qatar constitution states "Respect for the Constitution, abiding by the laws issued by the public authorities, abiding by public order and public behaviour, following the national traditions and norms is the duty of all residing in the State of Qatar"
There is no penalty per se over dress code in Qatar criminal code , however the penal code is open to interpretations in terms of What can be considered as "indecency in public"

in our country. It's short for Pre-Departure Orientation and all legitimate Overseas Filipino Workers pass through this seminar before getting a go signal for deployment.

It is specifically part of the orientation about respect for the culture of the country of deployment specifically, the dress code.

Now if you see some "violating" such thing, either they are not documeneted OFW (they did not went through the orientation) or did not understand it or they love tripping on the line of what is the limit.

I agree with jArsOfclAy. Everyone can say whatever he/she wants to say...
and hey i somehow agree with the cartian. At least I agree that we have to respect the place where we live.

I think you better start praying then. Lots of people from very different cultures decending on Qatar for four weeks of what they call fun. They will not understand that their behaviour is offensive to you as well as they will be shocked that it is offensive in the first place. Especially stay away from any Brazil games as you will find those ladies the seeds of Satan.

We Filipino's have the so called PDOS before leaving the country. PDOS by the way is the acronym for - Pre Departure Registration and Orientation Seminar. Basically it's a 5 to 8 hrs semminar and you have to sit listening to the speaker discussing Do's and Dont's awareness of the country where your going. A handbook will be distributed at the end of the seminar containing all the information you need to know about the specific country you are moving.

So flor is right, some maybe are not documented and some were just tripping.

just for your info about Filipino's.

policy-maker here? You are giving options to who?

Wear what you want. There's no laws against it.

What's that? Invade another country and then leave the country bankrupt?

Again , you are distorting the facts.. It's not invation, It is Invitation...

I think most of defending freedom of choice not wether to be naked or not.

Cloth was invented to protect our delicate skin from the elements. Mostly the cold, wet and sun.

Now we have sun block, air conditioning, etc, and the need for clothes is not as pressing as it once was.

Covering in light fabrics is a good idea to protect you from the sun though. If you do.n't want to use sun block.

Literally what you wrote was true, the current law is vague , but not anymore

Last week the ministries council Headed by the prime minister approved a series of laws as preparation for the upcoming Advisory council election in 2013, as follows

1- A draft decree to specify the electoral districts of the Advisory Council, and indicate the areas of each district and the number of members who are elected for each of them.
2 -A daft Emiri decision on the establishment and formation of an adhoc committee to assign the permanent address of the voter, and the determine its assignments and procedures to be followed .
3 -A draft decision of the Minister of Interior on the ballot system at the state's embassies and consulates abroad to elect members of the Advisory Council.

This by default will be followed by the establishment of the constitutional court. Once established, future MPs can easily demand the implementation of a dress code in accordance to article 57 of the constitution

As far as i know this campaign started in Dubai and was a response to the ban that has been done in some European countries in relation to the niqab. A group of women in Dubai and Qatar now have risen to demand that if you do not allow them to dress niqab there in your countries so why should they allow you to wear short clothes in here...

I must say I am not turned on with men wearing skimpy shorts! :( (I'd rather see them naked, but hey, it's just me ;) ... LoL

"Cloth was invented to protect our delicate skin from the elements. Mostly the cold, wet and sun.
Now we have sun block, air conditioning, etc, and the need for clothes is not as pressing as it once was".

Wonder where does the painful shopping of the expensive wedding gown(s) fits into this narration...just be naked and donate that to some deserving people of the countries in need.

And cannot get why the OP's opinion is taken so personally and OP name called...isnt there a possibility of atleast one QLer who needs to be told of that, a new QLer who is not part of QL since its birth or 5 YEARS minimum!!!

I heard that you can not go to Aspire Park Fully Dressed!

Yes its true. You can not go to Aspire in your national dress, which applies to most countries in the Sub-continent.

They are also stopping men who are wearing shorts above their knee. WTH, what next they want us all to have beards?

Someone at the Aspire Park is really taking the dress code a bit too far!

its been said before and I'll say it again... people do not need to be told how to dress. Period!

Xena...if wearing something which can be considered unacceptable and can get someone into problem just cos of ignorance I guess it is better that they be informed.

Anyways, seems like these days the focus is on dress code for men and not for women so dont see much of an issue and also soon seems it will be not an issue at all, wear or not wear anything would be the norm....:)

Well UKEng, don't try to go to Aspire in your National dress as the security guards will throw you out.....

Does this code thing also apply to Dukhan beach as well? Because I was there yesterday and saw a good number of Bikini women O:

With the dress code coming in, I am also throwing in a pair of yellow Speedos - Hardly Worn :O(

ROFL ..