Wages of a Kiss on the Gulf: White European, Brown European………….
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“The pair, a British man living in Dubai and a female friend, were arrested in November on accusations of kissing and touching each other intimately in public and consuming alcohol, their lawyer said. They were ordered jailed for a month. The case is the third time in under two years in which Britons have hit the headlines by falling foul of decency laws in Dubai, a flashy Muslim emirate popular with sun-seeking Western tourists and expatriates. A lawyer for the pair, who launched an appeal on Sunday, said there had been no inappropriate kissing and the two were just friends. A verdict in the appeal is expected on April 4. "There was no lip kissing. It was just a normal greeting that is not considered offensive," lawyer Khalaf al-Hosani told the court, adding the complainant's testimony was contradictory. The British man's mother in London said her son, Ayman Najafi, had vowed to clear his name…….”
He is British, but clearly of Arab or Eastern descent. If he were of “European” descent, English or Welsh or Scottish, he would probably be let alone. Even the complaining Emirati mother would probably decline to complain, if he were white. In Egypt, couples with Muslims names or looks, whatever their nationality, are sometimes asked of proof of marriage at hotels before they are allowed to share a room.
Interesting profiling of the self, no?
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He is British, but clearly of Arab or Eastern descent. If he were of “European” descent, English or Welsh or Scottish, he would probably be let alone. Even the complaining Emirati mother would probably decline to complain, if he were white. In Egypt, couples with Muslims names or looks, whatever their nationality, are sometimes asked of proof of marriage at hotels before they are allowed to share a room.
Interesting profiling of the self, no?
Cheers
mhg
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