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| Melania Trump skips headscarf as she arrives in Saudi Arabia |
| 2017-05-21 |
| [Al Ahram] Accompanying her husband on his first international trip, U.S. first lady Melania Trump on Saturday stepped off of Air Force One conservatively dressed in long sleeves and pants to conform to the strict dress code that Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... enforces for its female citizens. But one thing was missing from her black and gold-belted ensemble: a head scarf. Instead, Mrs. Trump's below-the-shoulder brown hair blew freely in the breeze at King Khalid International Airport in the capital city of Riyadh. Saudi Arabia is the first stop on a four-nation, five-stop tour that will also take Trump to Israel, Italia and Belgium before President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... returns to the White House at the end of next week. The first lady is joining the president for the entire trip. Under the kingdom's strict dress code for women, Saudi women and most female visitors are required to wear a loose, black robe, known as an abaya, in public. Most women in Saudi Arabia also cover their hair and face with a veil known as the niqab. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I worked in Saudi in the 1990s. Even then, Western women (of whom there weren't a lot) were allowed to go bareheaded, though they did have to wear the abaya. Just as Western men, like me, didn't have to grow facial hair (though we did have to cover everything but our faces and hands.) |
| Posted by: Tom 2017-05-21 13:43 |
| #4 Did she curtsy like Obama? |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2017-05-21 13:29 |
| #3 This is what I expect. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-05-21 04:17 |
| #2 She's from Eastern Europe - East Europeans have a much better grasp of exactly what Islam is, than Westerners. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-21 01:47 |
| #1 I hope she continues this. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-05-21 01:44 |