Fashion Fact: The skinny on how Arab women really dress back home

Published January 26th, 2017 - 09:38 GMT

Arab women in the Middle East are – it may surprise people to know – right on trend. They too love Vogue. They too fashion blog. They too dress to impress. In some Arab capitals, they dress to kill! Image, labels and sex-factor are everything for Beirutis!

It's not all veils and abayas in the conservative Arab world*: Females living, studying and working in this part of the world dress à la mode for every occasion, with the more liberal ladies flashing as much flesh as one might do in London, Paris or New York. 

Don’t be surprised to see a woman rocking thigh-length boots with a mini dress in Dubai; a backless top with short shorts in Amman; or even a bikini top with a tennis skirt in Beirut.

Don’t believe us? Here are 10 photos of real-life Arab women out and about in the ME.  All are certifiably as Arab as they come and some are Muslim too which means they'd get slapped with a big ban from Trump to boot!

*While a majority of  Arab women, due to the harem or segregated traditions, dress only to impress each other or their husbands; make no mistake that those who can flaunt it, do.  The Arab elites and 'liberal' classes tend to dress as you'd see on any other high street. If you visit certain districts, eateries, and venues in Arab cities, you'd see more fashion than in parts of the United Sates that have not been touched by the high street in years!  And those that stick to modest, still choose to go fashionable.

The following female participants who appear in their 'natural habitat' prefer to go unnamed.

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Off-the-shoulder designs are mighty popular with women of all ages in the ME.

Daisy dukes are perfect for hot summers in the ME.

Because crop tops are everything.

Abayas can be très chic too.

Even mamas keep it stylish!

They can do casual and keep it sexy.

Even the little ones are making fashion statements in Arabia!

Angelina Jolie isn't the only one rocking high-slit skirts and dresses.

Off-the-shoulder designs are mighty popular with women of all ages in the ME.
Daisy dukes are perfect for hot summers in the ME.
Because crop tops are everything.
Abayas can be très chic too.
Even mamas keep it stylish!
They can do casual and keep it sexy.
Even the little ones are making fashion statements in Arabia!
Angelina Jolie isn't the only one rocking high-slit skirts and dresses.
Off-the-shoulder designs are mighty popular with women of all ages in the ME.
Off-the-shoulder designs are mighty popular with women of all ages in the ME.
Daisy dukes are perfect for hot summers in the ME.
Daisy dukes are perfect for hot summers in the ME.
Because crop tops are everything.
Because crop tops are everything.
Abayas can be très chic too.
Abayas can be très chic too.
Even mamas keep it stylish!
Even mamas keep it stylish!
They can do casual and keep it sexy.
They can do casual and keep it sexy.
Even the little ones are making fashion statements in Arabia!
Even the little ones are making fashion statements in Arabia!
Angelina Jolie isn't the only one rocking high-slit skirts and dresses.
Angelina Jolie isn't the only one rocking high-slit skirts and dresses.

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