tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post1722585961569320703..comments2024-03-06T14:12:03.858+04:00Comments on Susan Al Shahri سوسن الشحري: Why The Black Abaya?Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509378404066967124noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-71926554420058181492012-08-30T23:35:24.233+04:002012-08-30T23:35:24.233+04:00I love this article, thank you for writing it. I ...I love this article, thank you for writing it. I am an American who studies other countries and cultures. Researching Omani women's clothing, I was surprised to learn than many wear the black abaya because it is considered the most fashionable and sophisticated style of dress. As a Christian American, I had never considered the abaya as a fashion choice. It's not that they aren't flattering, I've seen many women in beautiful black abayas. They simply seem so hot, I thought of it as a purely religious decision. I love the traditional Omani clothing, it's so beautiful and I hope it comes back into fashion one day. I like to wear the long tunic, trousers and scarf style of dress and I don't understand why women all over the world don't wear some version of it. It is so comfortable, practical, modest and flattering. You get dressed in the morning and you look nice all day without need to adjust your clothing or worry that you are exposing yourself. I traveled all over India in a similar salwar kameez and found it so very liberating. You buy the top, bottom and scarf together so there's no struggle to put together an outfit in the morning. Western clothing with its tight waistbands can't compare for comfort, practicality or elegance. But we also tend towards the all-black looks that can be considerably less comfortable...so I guess women all over the world are choosing to be uncomfortable for fashion....and to fit in to social norms. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15712077358720080578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-47158946854695794182012-08-30T23:35:07.561+04:002012-08-30T23:35:07.561+04:00I love this article, thank you for writing it. I ...I love this article, thank you for writing it. I am an American who studies other countries and cultures. Researching Omani women's clothing, I was surprised to learn than many wear the black abaya because it is considered the most fashionable and sophisticated style of dress. As a Christian American, I had never considered the abaya as a fashion choice. It's not that they aren't flattering, I've seen many women in beautiful black abayas. They simply seem so hot, I thought of it as a purely religious decision. I love the traditional Omani clothing, it's so beautiful and I hope it comes back into fashion one day. I like to wear the long tunic, trousers and scarf style of dress and I don't understand why women all over the world don't wear some version of it. It is so comfortable, practical, modest and flattering. You get dressed in the morning and you look nice all day without need to adjust your clothing or worry that you are exposing yourself. I traveled all over India in a similar salwar kameez and found it so very liberating. You buy the top, bottom and scarf together so there's no struggle to put together an outfit in the morning. Western clothing with its tight waistbands can't compare for comfort, practicality or elegance. But we also tend towards the all-black looks that can be considerably less comfortable...so I guess women all over the world are choosing to be uncomfortable for fashion....and to fit in to social norms. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15712077358720080578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-36431840763288915842011-02-09T11:59:40.879+04:002011-02-09T11:59:40.879+04:00I fight this in my husband's region by buying ...I fight this in my husband's region by buying those stretch jersey abayas with coloured sleeves and coloured hijab. Slowly, slowly, people get used to it, and one can move to whatever colour they want.<br /><br />In the West I wore undecorated but nicely shaped coloured abayas all the time and they were more modest than black abayas covere din crystals and tight I've seen here in oman so I JUST DON'T GET IT.<br /><br />Women need to take back their Islamic rights to do what is halal or they lose them and have no one to blame but themselves. You can't pin it on society and family for forever. Some of it is simply this: all it takes for the world to go wrong, is for a good person to do nothing.<br /><br />In Islam, all it takes from a Muslim woman to lose her Islamic rights, is allow society rather than her religion, to dictate what is sinful (forbidden) and what is good (halal).<br /><br />enough of my ranting!Omani Princess (not Omani...yet)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11738377563210269837noreply@blogger.com