Nzingha's Soapbox
TACKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL - now they are some of the funniest things I have seen in a while!
ohhhh gosh...yea this is a culture shock...as u would not expect this here...but i guess expect the unexpected..hahahah
I haven't had the courage yet to take pics, but you will see much worse than this in Egypt. The funny thing is, it's all out in the open (front window) on very well endowed mannequins. Tacky Fredericks of Hollywood type stuff and usually men selling it. I wonder if any women actually have the nerve to come buy it?
I'm not sure I would dare to go into such a shop even here in the States - and wear something like that, not on your life!!!
PS Loved your Santa comments - you naughty thing!
kinky is fine between married folks in the bedroom but that stuff is sinfully tacky and ugly to boot. if i wore that to bed my husband would be too busy laughing to get excited.
I get a kick out of people thinking this stuff doesnt happen in Muslim countries, especially in Saudi.
My sister in law is a professor in Jeddah. She told us about the various things the young girls will do to let each other know that they are lesbians. I guess the lesbian thing for young Saudi females is pretty common.
There are "lovers lanes" in Saudi, even in places like Riyadh. I loved the story about the guy, dressing up in a niqab, so he could visit his lover in the women's quarters of a villa.
Everything that happens here in the West happens in Muslim countries, they just have to be more clever about how to cover it up and hide it, and certainly the consequences are a bit harsher if caught.
In every country in the Middle East this is a top to bottom thing. Meaning that the leaders and the elite of Arab society are known for this stuff abroad and it certainly happens at home as well.
It is a bit embarassing when Americans find out I am married to a Saudi and then I have to hear about all of the Saudis they have known here who were the biggest lushes one can imagine.
I ended up being friendly with a lawyer I had to deal with at work and he told me all about this one Saudi guy who knew who had built a disco in his basement and threw the wildest parties with women, drugs, alcohol.
Not to mention you head to some of the local high end hotels here in the Metro DC area and see all of the local Saudi/Khaliji princes/businessmen trolling for the nice blond haired blue eyed women who come looking for the money.
One cannot escape this stuff, whether in Saudi or the USA.
Sad.
eww. They look so polyester / scratchy!
OMG - in the last picture, does it actually have 'kinky' written on the piece behind the vineyard get-up?
Just spent the past weekend in UAE, went into a lingerie shop and they had really, really graphic pictures up all around and what was playing in the background? Qur'an. Istaghfirallah.
When I went to Saudia for the first time in 2000 for Haj, is when I saw shops that sell kinky clothes like these and I was shocked. I just couldn't believe they sold stuff like this. Lol at your pics.
Haha yeah it is written "kinky" on the last pic! LOL
LOL... Once again I'm reminded why I enjoy reading your blog... The whole tree bit had me rolling!
L- I missed that!! Hard to focus when your laughing I suppose.
Kris- glad you got a laugh I was hoping no one would be offended.
Taiba- there was a guy arrested not that long ago, I think in Jeddah, who had a womans shop and his main sellers were porn. Yes he would sell porn to ladies only. The article noted how he only entertained ladies in his shop.. wonder why. But they were buying up the porn.
Now what is "porn" and how is it defined when you get guys selling "saudi weddings" on tape. One has to wonder.
Abu Sinan- same sex relations isn't uncommon among girls or guys in Saudi schools. Most parents warn their sons about "going into bathrooms" But this is all a result of much deeper issues that need to be resolved in this country.
Iain'tsayin- Mr. Man would be putting on every light in the house trying to figure out what in the world it all was. Of course there is no way I could look seductive in such get ups I'd be too busy laughing.
asiyasmom- So now you have to show some pics of what is in Egypt 
Get a goofy friend and go for it!!
You can find the most horrible intimate wear in Egypt. I think the worse that I saw was a woman's thong with a cardboard cellphone cut-out attached to the front of the underwear.
Life in Riyadh is boring. What else can these Saudis do other than shop and go out to restaurants? I think that's why they loose it when they go to the West it's just too much, there's no restriction.
cardboard cut out of a cellphone? lol I don't get it, must be some kinky talk I just don't get.
Riyadh.. blaah I don't even like driving through there. The thing about Khobar w/ Bahrain right over the bridge those Saudis (and expats) who want to simply get their freak on over there no need to go crazy in the US when you can do it closer to home.
My hubby has a friend who sells this crap in the souk. He goes to the Emirates and buys them for a few riyals from a sweatshop, complete with a tag saying "made in Itlay" or someplace swanky like that, then he sells them for crazy prices in the local souk. More than likely it's even displayed on a headless manneqin in line with "Islamic" values, complete with pert, stiff nipples...what's that about anyway?
N - I had the weirdest dream about you last night (there was no kinkiness - so don't worry!).
First, you had a goatee. Yes, you had facial hair. And, you were wearing worn out Levi's, a flannel shirt and some steel toed boots. Somehow, I talked my hub into coming to Saudi to visit you. We entered into your compound and it was like an American subdivision - except it looked like Wisteria Lane from Desperate Housewives. The weird thing was that your house was like midget small! You wouldn't let me inside, but you let me stay in your backyard - and made me stand next to the trampoline and above ground pool that had weeds growing all around it. I kept saying to you, "N -you have the smallest house - how do you guys all fit?" And you're like, "Well, it looks small from the outside, but it's enormous on the inside!" HA.
SSW- I think the headless manneqin with stiff pert nipples is a sublimal message. "who needs the head of a woman if she's got good boobs"
L- I don't even know what to say to that. I had facial hair and dressed like a butch lesbian and you were only concerned w/ the size of my house?
You know you have an open invitation here anytime. And I assure you I have no weeds in the backyard.. only bird poop. I may just dress a bit butch though to freak you out
Ok, I so wanted to say you looked exactly as you replied - a butch lez, but crap - that woulda been too bold.
I'm cracking up at your response. Thank God for Wednesdays, I sooo need the weekend.
Let us know how you and your little bun is!
The bun is rising well, if the feeling of his (or her) little kicks are any indication of what I'm up for.. I'm in big trouble.
Oh my. I've missed this blog!
Hilarious photos, Nzingha!
No black cat tails? No metal chains?
Gee, I think Jordan is a bit kinkier than KSA. I think.
Thanks for the laughs!
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