Here Come The Boyats!

Thought I'd post a link to an interesting article in this week's Economist on boyat, Qatari women who dress like men. Frankly, since Qatari men don't seem to wear "baggy trousers" anyway, I'm not sure exactly how this allusion is made, but it is clearly causing some consternation in the rather conservative society.

What I find much more interesting is the UAE's "Excuse me, I'm a girl" campaign which "[stresses] the virtues of femininity and [raises] awareness of the presumed dangers of women looking like men." Ironically in London the "women who look like men" are the ones who I "presume to be dangerous". Tongue firmly in cheek, you know I love you really!