RE: I lived in the middle east but visited only one of these hate-America countries: Egypt.
I went to Egypt as well ( at the wrong time — August 2008, it was VERRRRY HOT ).
Anyway, I found most women on the street to be covered head to foot.
But then, when we went on the Nile Cruise, what did I see?
During lunchtime, there is a band performing western and Latin music ( e.g. Girl from Ipanema <— didn’t they know that this girl is wearing a bikini?).
I also saw a belly dance performance ( yes, pretty girls with their bellies exposed ).
I found the whole contrast a little bizzare. Later, when I told the bus driver ( who was a Copt driving us back to Alexandra) what I observed, he told me that the performers on the Nile cruise were TURKISH ( both men and women ).