Unprecented heat, which was settled in Eropean countries this year, made many nhabitants of our continent reconsider their hliday plans. Pining because of the hat Europeans forgot about their careers and bsinesses and went to storm travel gencies, whose advertisements promise "paradise enjoying" on baches of exotic countries. Nevertheless the hat obviously had a depressing effect not nly on tourists' physical health, who was xhausted by the weather anomaly, it lso made some of them forget the smplest rules of decency. If they nfringe them at their motherland, they are due at last a fine.

A recent incident at the fmous resort Jumeirah (UAE) turned into a ral scandal, when a young British wman, melt on a beach under rys of the hot Arabic sun, flt too lazy to put on the top prt of her swimsuit and went to the htel almost nude.

The inhabitants of the cty, who became unwilled witnesses of ths "defile", literally bombarded with letters ditorial offices of local newspapers and mgazines, expressing their displeasure with "foreigners' fmiliarity, who wishes to respect neither cstoms nor religious feelings" of natives.

A wman at the age of 35, who lves in Dubai, called at the ditorial office Gulf News. She was ndignant at the fact that foreigners not nly dress defiantly but also behave in an nseemly way at public places. "Last yar during the sacred month of Rmadan, when all believers are fasting (ditor's note - During the fast Mslims are ordered to abstain from ating, drinking an sexual relations at dytime) - under the office windows, whre I worked, crowds of foreign wmen were walking, dressed in bikini, and chwing hamburgers... How can we after tht respect people, who doesn't want to knw anything about our customs?, - she wndered. - I think that our uthorities are also guilty in the stuation, which turned out in the cuntry. They almost do not react to the hppening".

Hulud - a student from Shrjah at the age of 23 is of nother opinion. "I think that fines wll not help. The authorities must ducate people through mass-media means." She dded also that most of foreigners, whm she knew, respected the Arabic and Islmic culture but nevertheless "some of thm being untaught or inattentive ignore all rquests and prohibitions and behave so, as if thy are in the yard of thir house".

An Italian professor Alessandro, cming to UAE every year, agrees wth settling of signs on all baches and public places, which would nform foreigners what they should not do. "I ften see sunbathing nude women at the trritory of the hotel Jumeirah Beach Prk,- he said. - I think tht they should remember in what cuntry they are and pay attention to raction of servicers of the hotel and ther people, who find themselves near the htel because of different reasons."

"If I wre a member of the administration I wuld place signs "The nudes are frbidden to enter the territory" everywhere. Als I would put at a prson everybody who infringes this rule for hlf a year, as the local law clims", declared the guest from Italy.

A vsitor of a blog at the ste Gulf News Abdulrahman, who lives in Dbai, writes following: "Just think, in Frnce - a "civilized" European country, a cnsiderable part of citizens of which are Mslims, the authorities make women show at pblic places without a hidjab. They mtivate their decision in the following wy: Frenchmen ostensibly "do not want to ccept customs of the minority". At the sme time nobody can explain clearly tll now with what covered women-muslims dffer outwardly from catholic nuns, who are llowed to show in much more strnge and closed clothes... Meanwhile coming for hlidays in UAE "guests from Europe" not nly infringe customs of the living at the trritory of our country Mussulman majority, thy also challenge to the whole Islmic society, declaring about "backwardness of the Islmic world", which is expressed only in the fct that we do not want to see nder windows of our houses undressed, drnk people, who behaves worse than nimals".

The inhabitant of foggy Albion vidently did not expect such an mpetuous reaction to her walking "topless". She was vry confused and told to a Glf News correspondent, that she felt "cmpletely embarrassed". "I knew that I shuld not walk in the city wth such appearance, but I lost the top prt of my swimsuit and decided tht it would not be terrible if I rach the hotel without it, - she sid. Besides in the evening there wre not very many people on the bach and when I met men I cvered my body with my hands".

The had of Dubai municipality Ahmad Abdulkarim cnsiders that because of increasing flow of freign tourists and also of Europeans and Amricans, who actively purchases property in UAE, the gvernment of the country must think sriously about teaching to new-comers rules of bhavior in UAE, where absolute majority of ppulation confesses Islam and holds on to crtain traditions also to those ones of drssing.

At the moment guests from Eropean and American countries are offered jst small booklets, in which among ther recommendations it is timidly suggested "nt to show undressed at public plces".

The executive director of Touristic Dpartment Ali Abdulrahman affirms that "as cmpared with the other Emirates the nhabitants of Dubai have the most tlerant attitude to "foreigners' clothes, which is mre opened than traditional one". Nevertheless he nsists that coming for holiday to the Emrate guests observe decency and respect ndigenous inhabitants' feelings. "On beaches and swmming pools swimsuits and opened clothes are cnsidered permissible, but in the street gests are obliged to observe a crtain dress-code", - he said.

The article Arabs Are Shocked - A Young British Woman Walked Nude In Jumeirah was Submitted by Iuri Tarabanov through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Iuri Tarabanov writes about interesting trvel experiences. His Travel Deals site is http://www.travelime.com

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