I had absolutely zero expectations for finding anything related to Halloween in Abu Dhabi, so imagine my surprise when I found almost 2 aisles of Halloween decorations and supplies in a nearby party store. Granted, I own more Halloween stuff than this entire country combined, but I can’t tell you how happy it made me to stroll the aisles to investigate the costumes, severed fingers and cheesy decorations.
In the midst of my delight, we encountered one glaring difference to Halloween shopping in this country – the female costumes. At first, it looked like the models in the pictures were wearing leotards or some kind of black body suit underneath their costumes. However a closer inspection by Megan revealed that someone had colored in various exposed parts of the body. Bare shoulders? Colored in! Visible thighs? Denied! Low cut top? Nothing an “ink cover-up” can’t fix!
Don’t believe me? Check out the unedited pictures below:
BTW: Now you know I bought a couple decorations for the apartment. I will be sure to post them once we get moved in!
I was looking at an article the other day of a basketball player from Springfield that had broken Rebecca Lobo’s high school scoring record. She was Muslim and wears a skull cap, long sleeve shirt under her basketball top and something that look like leotards. She would look like one of those female superheroes in Abu Dhabi.