Lately, I’ve been hearing some vague stories about a man in
the Middle East who was “so hot, he had to be deported.” Usually this claim was accompanied with a close-up
of a Calvin Klein model-like individual wearing a turban. At first, like most sensible people would, I dismissed
the ridiculous claim. Violating dress
codes was one thing, but punishment for physical appearance just didn’t seem
possible. Most likely, someone had photo
shopped the turbans and desert backgrounds onto the first Google results for “male
models”.
And yet…why were news sites beginning to take notice of
this? It turns out that actor Omar
Borkan Al Gala of Dubai was one of three men ejected from Saudi Arabia for capturing
too much attention. The incident occurred
during a Saudi culture festival when religious police kicked out these men for
being “too handsome” and in fear of “female visitors falling for them.” The men were then taken to nearby Abu Dubai.
As ridiculously humorous most people (including myself) have
found this event, I can’t help but dwell on the fact that women are treated
like the most fragile beings; easily broken or ruined by the touch of men. It sickens me that possible “temptations” for
women had to be physically removed from the area as if females bore no sense of
restraint whatsoever, much less that women are considered sullied for merely
admiring the opposite gender! When it
comes to looks, it seems that Saudi Arabian government takes the term “lady
killer” to literal fears.
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