Hot Girls in Kuwait
With all the allure of oil wealth, big eyes, mascara, sexy shoes, and flowing robes yes Kuwait has hot girls. Besides my Maghribiphile tendencies, I’ve always had a bit of a thing for Khaliji style. Kuwait has hot girls and I have found out how quickly I’ve become one of them.
By hot, I mean literally and figuratively. It’s crazy hot here, I mean like beyond Kalahari desert hot. You walk outside and it feels like you stepped into a dryer. That heat hits you like when you open up the oven and stick your head in. Only everyday, walk into an oven. Even at midnight it can range between 111 to 105 degrees. I wear abaya here and hijab here. Underneath I have another layer or regular clothes. I try to wear something light, but it doesn’t matter after 100 degrees you can’t tell the difference. It’s just hot. No wonder why they thought of hell fire in this region. That sun pounds you. To make things worse, men get to rub it in our faces as they rock some infinitely cooler white fits. My black and navy blue hijabs and abayas attract all the rays.
With the sun baking you all day, it is natural that you’d see sun-block at the stores. I’ve seen the highest SPF value that I’ve ever seen in my life. You can get SPF 55 here. I’ve also seen sun-block/fading creame. Women come in all shades here. Some skin tones are more natural and others not so much. All over the Middle East, Fair and Lovely is sold all over the place. It is becoming easier to spot the women who are addicted to fading creme. I remember the first time I saw a woman who had achieved that perfect Michael Jackson skin-tone. You can also see the foundation caked on, shades lighter than a neck (Kuwaitis have achieved a loose style of hijab that manages to stay on) or hands.
I’m slowly getting my bearings straight here. Life in Kuwait is surreal. Everything seems so orderly especially compared to my brief stint in Cairo. Everything is new, I don’t think I’ve seen a building over 40 years old. My friend reminded me that I exchanged the Cairene rate race for the mall. I had to run to the Mac store at the mall, so I had my first taste of Kuwaiti mall life. I saw Khaliji women in Egypt and you can spot them a mile away. They have these big lumps holding up their scarves. A lot wear a ton of make-up, like they get lost in the M.A.C. wharehouse or something. Most women wear hijab and abayas or chadors. There are hijab wearing women with skin tight clothes. And the women love flashy to tacky high heeled shoes. I’ve even seen bedazzled cheap heals at the discount market. Maybe the poorer Kuwaitis are trying to keep up with those who can afford Manolo and Jimmy Choo or Shoe or whatever his name is. I’m not going to hate, because I love shoes. But dang, they took it to the next level. So, I spotted a number of ‘ho shoes beneath some abaya or even chador. I’ve seen women in niqab rocking florescent blue eye-shadow. Women rock the nicest shoes to run a simple errand or do a little midnight shopping on a Monday night.
One of the things that I do admire is that even though many Kuwaiti women wear tent-like chadors or loose enough abayas to conceal their “adornments” for their husbands and family members, they do keep themselves up. It is easy to let youself go and not have any body issues when you spend most of your public life all covered up. But seeing them shop at H&M and the M.A.C. store reminded me that there are hot Muslim women all over the world who love being beautiful.
I lived all my life in Kuwait, and the fact that you would say there are HOT girls in Kuwait is under estimating them, they are SUPER SUPER hot …
now that my dear is Kuwaiti Style (they get the best because they are the best) lols
because Kuwaiti girls,women,boys,men are all used to being spoiled and they are known to be the most stylish and up to date in fashion and all sort of STYLE …
they were born to impress this is what i believe and most of them are very religious but that wouldn’t stop them from having the best in any occasion
it’s nice how you say that temptation is all around, yet they do make the effort to cover up. it amazes me too when i first met some arab sisters. in public they always wore their jilbabs and hijabs. one day i was invited to an all-women luncheon and the hostess was wearing a customised, hand-painted chinese batik butterfly top.
ok i don’t know what it was called, but it looked awesome and she looked gorgeous. either way she dressed she looked super beautiful.
Thanks for sharing your perspectives on the “rich” Middle East. The commentary here on women’s dress is an interesting contrast with the hijab thread and with the idea of humility/keeping one’s religious focus.
On another note, (in a purely logistical sense), I would love to hear how you hold up during Ramadaan there. 105 degrees with an abaya? big ups to you and all the sisters for that.
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Hold up during Ramadan? Most people in the Middle East sleep the whole day only to wake up right before prayers and time to eat.
The bigger question is how do you do Ramadan in the Middle East and not gain 10 pounds?
Ummm… fast during the day and sleep at night? LOL. There have to be some people there that don’t need Jenny Craig come ‘Eid.
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i have to say i admire women that look nice
even if its kind of contradictory since they wear hijab or niqab…
It’s true, but apparently what those ladies are doing is against islamic teachings, a woman shouldn’t put on make-up to impress but to her husband, here’s the point, those females go out and they make sure to be noticed, I was never attracted to this “style”.
Lastly, I don’t know how they mix up between being so religious and wearing tight jeans showing their butts, a type of jeans Pam Anderson didn’t put on yet, I would love to hear from you.
i agree. its against islamic teachings. its ok if the woman wears makeup for her husband but i dont see a point in wearing hihgh heels that attrack and make noise, and makeup that catches peoples attention, or skin-tight jeans that is also against Islam. the only tihng thats okay to wear is Henna and Surma(Kohljati). besides.. why would you want to wear skin tight clothes and makeup and show off how rich you are whn its hot and definitly against Islam?
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