Cover up please article

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/society/cover-up-please-dress-right-campaign-gets-response-1.1023623 


Cover up please: Dress right campaign gets response

My opinion:

Looking at the pictures above I don't see anything wrong but to the residents and emirates of the UAE they do. I don't think expats should have to cover up to visit or work in the country since they are not of the culture.


I'd love to get some comments and feed back on this article.

Thanks!

Last Day and The Grand Mosque

I went downstairs to ask the concierge to call a taxi for me. Since it was my last day I knew I had to go visit the grand mosque in Abu Dhabi. Everyone talked about how great the mosque was and that it was one of the biggest in UAE. 

 The taxi driver got me there fairly quickly. As soon as he pulled in I was in shock of the beauty and structure of the mosque. I walked up to the front desk because I noticed all the women had to change into black Abayas. The lady looked at me and was able to guess my size. I put the Abaya over my clothes and was able to go into the mosque. I took several pictures of everything. The chandelier alone was made purely of swarovski crystals and weighed over a ton. Everything in the mosque was clean, perfect and expensive. I also had to take off my shoes to go into the mosque. There were lots of people some were praying, some had tour guides explaining the history of the mosque and others were taking lots of pictures and videos.I couldn't help but feel amazed at how much work must have been put into building this mosque.

Outside there were speakers on the top of each pillar. There was a man singing a prayer through the loud speakers the whole time I was there.  After about an hour, I watched as the sun went down then decided to head out to get something to eat. As I went outside I realized that I needed a taxi. I had to walk about a quarter of a mile out of the mosque to find a taxi. I asked the driver for the nearest Souk to get something to eat.

I made it to the Souk to find it fairly empty. The upper floor was a little more populated but overall there was barely movement. I browsed through some stores and decided to head home since it was getting dark.  I made it to my hotel, a little tired so I decided to order in and relax. My last day in Abu Dhabi was a good one and I couldn't wait to take my flight tomorrow to get back home to the U.S.

This was the end of my great journey.