gurta + faisal

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gurta + faisal
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 + faisal
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 + faisal
...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 + faisal
Hahaha. Desert coldlamp pose #403 (We stole this shit straight from the Magi).
gurta + faisal
But also so that Meredith could take awesome photos of Faisal and I together looking like middle-eastern bad-asses.
gurta + faisal
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 + faisal
Here's a close up! Hahaha. What's funnier than Faisal feigned shock?