Re: Why do Pakistan women dress like Arabs in America?
I think someone mentioned this, but wearing an abaya is an islamic thing, NOT an arab thing...
to wear shalwar qamiz ensuring that all standards of modesty are met would be way too complicated...
imaging walking down the city with huge buildings on either side and the wind tunnelling through... how could you control the dupatta, and the qamiz moves in all wierd directions, etc, etc. Wearing an abaya is both more convenient and more modest then most shalwar qamiz.
Besides, dupatta ko sar pei lapeetna acha nahi lag ta hai.... a scarf looks a lot more "together" and professional.
besides all those ppl complaining about paki women wearing abaya instead of shalwar qamiz, I have a question 4 u: how many of you wear shalwar qamiz to work instead of pant-shirt???
Wassalam