Dress in Dubai's Malls

[zin]

The original poster and the reply from mjaprivate feel very doctored and with only one post each I will go out on a limb and say we won't be seeing another post here from either, although I'm sure the same posts will be seen on multiple Dubai forums.

The courtesy policy is just that, a courtesy and if the law states you SHOULD (not must) avoid then how do you expect people to take it more seriously? Sorry but I place this policy on the same level as cinemas asking you to turn off your mobile during a movie as a courtesy to everyone else. We all know how much locals care about doing that !

Also public displays of affection should be mentioned next to the policy if you want husbands to stop holding their wife's hand in public.

[Gavtek]

Originally Posted by indoMLA

Your argument appears to make the stance that you cannot retain Islamic culture and values while dining at McDonald's or staying at the LeMeridien hotel, which I don't think is the case.

That's not what I was trying to say. It was more that they can't pick and choose what they want from western culture and what they want to keep from their own culture and expect everyone else to stay on board.

If they want the world's biggest theme parks, tallest buildings, biggest malls and to generally become the premier destination for the entire world, then they're going to have to expect that the tens of millions of people who would visit here every year aren't going to follow the specific laws that the local people want enforced.

You can't attract millions of western tourists to a theme park twice the size of Disneyland and expect them all not to wear shorts that shows off a bit of thigh or in-love couple not to show moderate affection to each other on holiday.

Obviously, no-one expects them to allow people to go shopping in mankinis and get down and dirty in the middle of Spinneys but a lot of compromise will be needed if they want to fulfill the "visions" of the Sheikhs, there has to be some middle ground. If they don't want to give up any middle ground, then most of their plans will be for nothing because people won't want to come here in the numbers that they expect.

[Izzy77]

May I ask what is permitted what respect to the showing of affection in the Malls? Can I hold hands with my husband in public? Give him a peck on the cheek? And what about the bars, if I go to the Barasti where there is only westerners can I hug my husband there or be more affectionate? I have seen muslim men & women holding hands in the Malls.

[Kawasutra]

Originally Posted by Gavtek

get down and dirty in the middle of Spinneys

...where does this happen.....

[Gavtek]

Spinneys

[Izzy77]

Mall of the Emirates, last Thursday :-)

[Tropicana]

Originally Posted by Izzy77

1) Can I hold hands with my husband in public?

2) Give him a peck on the cheek?

1) Yes

2) Depends on the area...

[zin]

Originally Posted by Tropicana

1) Yes

2) Depends on the area...

Holding hands is not allowed apparently, at least I know of 2 different couples that have been told off for doing it in the mall. Ironicly men holding hands is perfectly legit.

[Kawasutra]

Originally Posted by Gavtek

Spinneys

Is there a nightclub called "Spinneys" in Dubai....

[mjaprivate]

[QUOTE=zin;605292]The original poster and the reply from mjaprivate feel very doctored and with only one post each I will go out on a limb and say we won't be seeing another post here from either, although I'm sure the same posts will be seen on multiple Dubai forums.

WTF, dude? Just because I write well you state that my reply is "doctored".

I joined as I have google alerts and this post was picked up today and as it's by business I wanted to reply fairly and politely. I am frankly sick and tired of people thinking that malls should police the nation with security guards who are *at law* barely entitled to do more than observation work. I will go further and let you know that NO company in the UAE is interested in paying over odds for guards that will do more - it's up to the Dubai Police to police the nation, and that's how it will remain.

From a purely commercial stand point, every time we hand over a Courtesy Policy card to a shopper, we risk losing them for life... not to mention the international press reports which have happened, making malls look like standard barers for the country. With my former employer, w had women hit guards before - that's right, Western women who are residents have physically assaulted guards for doing what, in this nation, is the right thing.

Double standards are alive and well, that's hardly a banner headline - basically, dress as you wish in the resorts, dress appropriately when in public.

Is it that hard, Ladies?