Damn right it can be sexy.
Posted on 09/02/2012 1:57:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Sebastian Farmborough, who captured this striking photograph, recalls arriving in the Gulf from the beaches of Barcelona.
While in Saudi Arabia, he became mystified by something black and obscure out at sea. "It looked like a huge jellyfish. Then, as it approached, I realised that it was in fact a woman. It was such an intense experience that I just had to capture it for myself," says Farmborough.
"However, it was not until a few years later in Dubai, when I had acquired the equipment and expertise necessary, that I was able to execute it. It actually took me a year to find the right lady. Yes, there are lots of women with beautiful eyes in the Emirates.
"The picture itself was taken at dawn on the Burj Al Arab beach. I chose that time, because I wanted extremely soft light to fall on her and the sun to reflect in her eyes. It was winter, so the sea was freezing and we were both deep into it. It was an incredible experience. The model and I had only met a couple of times prior to the shoot so we actually got to know each other as it went on, finishing with a nice hot chocolate on the beach afterwards.
The photo is entitled 'An Emerging Mystery'. "I feel as though it is extremely symbolic of muslim women's increasing prominence in the world, despite a continued mystery. The Saudi veil is so often portrayed negatively in the West that I hope to counteract that somewhat and prevent the Western public from being mislead. Many muslim women actually choose to wear it and I am more than happy to respect that."
The image marks the beginning of a project that I have been wanting to carry out for some time. I have lived Saudi Arabia for 3 years, and I can assure you that the reality is quite different. In fact, there are many things that we Westerners could actually learn from them. I really admired and enjoyed the strength of their friendships, the closeness of their families, their sense of humour and how friendly and generous they are. With this and other images I would like to try and redress the balance a bit and produce a book reflecting the more magical aspects of the kingdom," says Farmborough.
Why would anyone vacation in a Muslim country?
I recently had a conversation with a mom who has 4 military sons who served in Iraq and Afghanistan who told me that it is not uncommon for the muslim men to rape inside their own family: daughters, aunts, a grandmother in bed from a stroke. She said that inbreeding is also a problem. Women have NO rights in the muslim world.
This baloney reminds me of the CNN special lauding the eonomy of the USSR mere days before it fell. Western worshipers of Communism and Islam have not livid under either.
Damn right it can be sexy.
You got me? I just had to put a dose of reality into this post though. My gosh is the guy really thinking pictures like this one are not going to get a woman killed there?
I want to see those sexy pictures of the fourteen people beheaded for dancing at a party.
DOG SHIT! DOG SHIT! AND I SAY, AGAIN, DOG SHIT!
“Why would anyone vacation in a Muslim country?”
Or go there at all, for any reason?
I would never willingly set foot in one, never.
Rule 34.
Boy has this dhimmi drank the Kool-Aid! There isn’t ANYTHING useful to learn from these 7th. century savages other than to be ever wary of their motives.
Be that as it may, check out ‘’Women of the IDF’’.
FRiend, they aren’t ‘’muslim women’’ as Islam is not a race. They’re Arabian women.
Well, I suppose they are mostly Arabian women. But we could say “Catholic” women or “Jewish” women.
I don’t know what their actual race or ethnicity it, but I do know their religion.
In any event, they are very romantic looking, although of course I question the whole concept and know that life is not a fairy tale.
A racial group is what one is born into, Caucasian , Negroid or Asian(Hispanics are of the Asian group). A religion is a belief one adopts.
I’ve seen some. My daughter wants their guns! (She’s a Gunner’s Mate in the Coast Guard.)
Yes Hamid.
Here in the US 'accentuation of beauty' is called "a paper bag over her head."
< /straight face >
Oy, convert I want to! “A woman is beautiful when she is loved and only then’’.— Claude Rains, “Mrs. Skeffignton’’. Interesting thought, eh?
I personally know Saudi women and can attest that they are not happy. They are very nice, but they carry a sadness and what seems to be a sense of fear. They also seem like they are in an emotional prison. I love them and hope that they become delivered from what is harming them. I don’t think that they are aware of how sad they often seem.
The picture he took, seems to reflect his fantasy of having a love slave. A woman who has no life at all except to live for him, not being shared with any other, not even her appearance. A man’s sick fantasy.
Friendship, closeness, etc....
Yeah, until they kill you
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