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^ I've been to all-girls parties where hijabi/niqabi girls can wear more revealing clothes and feel more free and comfortable and have a chance to dress up in fun trendy clothes. I think that's the kind of thing she means.
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^^Wasn't there a similar thread a few months ago..??..I just cannot recall it well but it wasn't about the prom to be exact just how women might dress provocatively for an all-ladies event.
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In most arab parties the women dress provocatively but its really upto the individual.
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The fact that the girls did the dabke (a traditional Palestinian dance), I wonder how welcomed and part of the group South Asian girls would feel in such parties where basically everything is a celebration of Arabic culture. I could be wrong but for some young folks, thats like stepping into a totally different and alien culture
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I thought girls do this very often anyway.. I mean even at bridal showers etc, we go all out!!! fun times.. no harm!
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Is this really considered a 'sad affair' in US? lol
Don't they have all girls/all boys high school or Catholic schools over there? Thats how proms are usually done in those schools and its considered perfectly normal here...
I went to an all girls Catholic high school, but the prom wasn't all-girls, I mean there was no stigma at all if you came with a group of friends, but it was okay to go with a male date too...boys weren't forbidden..and I believe that's how it worked at all social events/dances held in single-gender schools.
Amongst Muslims, I wouldn't be surprised at criticism. I bet the dude getting angry on FB was just jealous he couldn't see em :p (jk!!!)
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nah…I wouldn’t stop her…by that time if you haven’t done a good job as a parent all is lost anyway… 
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Chipsy, the brother posting those remarks on ur FB just has his panties in a bunch.
Like Gia said, what's wrong with sisters getting together and having fun? Nothing.
It's the same as bridal/baby showers, mehndis, girl parties (Arabs aren't the only ones that have fun ;) , etc
I went to my prom with a bunch of my friends - guys and girls. Some of them had dates, some of them did not. We all went to the afterparty afterwards and just hung out. My parents were in Pakistan at the time and my mamoo (who is 5 years older than me and did go to his Prom) had no issues that I went :D. Mind you, I wasn't the same person - spiritual wise - that I am now. If it were me 15 years ago, then I probably wouldn't have went.
And since this is a Parenting Thread, if it were my kid, and they went to an co-ed school, I wouldnt mind if they went to their prom - as long as they know their limits (and Inshallah I'm sure they would since we would raise them right). But if there was an all-girls prom, then I would be more inclined for my daughter to go to that one instead of the co-ed one.
And I'll make that my son would be shareef and just like his dad, that he wouldn't want to go to his prom, but instead go to the masjid :D