Clothing And Protocol

The Islamic dress code is not compulsory, unlike neighboring Saudi Arabia. Most men prefer to wear a kandura Emirati, a white shirt at the ankle woven wool or cotton, and most Emirati women wear an abaya, a black garment that covers most of the clothes is body.This particularly suitable for the UAE is warm and dry climate. Western clothing is dominant because of the large foreign population, and this practice began to grow in popularity among Emiratis.


The label is an important part of the culture of the UAE and tradition, to which visitors are expected to comply. Recently, many expatriates have ignored the law and were arrested for indecent clothing, or lack of it, in suit style beaches.Western tolerated in appropriate places such as bars or clubs, but the UAE remains a strict policy to protect the public spaces of great cultural insensitivity.