Friday, January 27, 2006

Jacko takes the veil
Jacko was spotted in Bahrain wearing the local version of the Muslim veil, or abaya http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/01/25/10014297.html. He's a dead give-away when he has his son in tow wearing a black scarf covering his head. No child is covered like that, not even girls. I would love to see him as a veiled Tuareg, those nomadic people of the Sahara desert in Mauratania, whose men wear sky blue turbans and a sky blue veil I first saw in West Africa where I was living in Ivory Coast. But then you don't see these desert men in the Gulf countries, or at least dressed like that.

Or even more, I'd love to see him wearing a kandoura, ghutra and aghal, the tradional dress of local men in the Gulf, but then he wouldn't be spotted as easily.

But then, maybe he just wants to protect his skin.

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