gurta + dishdasha

!gurta×!dishdasha×

gurta + dishdasha
After getting decked out, I wanted to walk around outside in it to see if it really was any cooler than my non-desert clothing. (Answer: Er, sort of).
gurta + dishdasha
And then I set my camera all the way across the tent and used the timer to take this awesome Hustler Magazine inspired photo that I call "The West's Corruption of the East."
gurta + dishdasha
...a giant air conditioned (and carpeted!) tent. We went inside and Meredith took a bunch of photos of the two of us acting like we're working out some Old Testament business deals. Hahaha.
gurta + dishdasha
Hahaha. Desert coldlamp pose #403 (We stole this shit straight from the Magi).
gurta + dishdasha
But also so that Meredith could take awesome photos of Faisal and I together looking like middle-eastern bad-asses.
gurta + dishdasha
...Faisal decking me out! I had always figured the clothing had some sort of religious significance, but it turns out that it's just the traditional dress of the region and wearing it to work is pretty much akin to dressing up in a suit in the west.
gurta + dishdasha
Hahahaha!
gurta + dishdasha
Around 5pm Faisal got home from work and we had dinner together. Faisal works for the Emirati government and so he wears a dishdasha (the long white robe thingy) and a gutra (the headscarf thingy). After dinner I asked a million questions about the dishdasha and gurta which culminated in...
gurta + dishdasha
Here's a close up! Hahaha. What's funnier than Faisal feigned shock?