Actually Pete some do. It is quite extreme here for the scale of-----------/ I can't think of the word. I'll break it down;
-It is a very liberal emirate here. Others are still very old fashioned.Some of them still stone women for adultry, if a male toursist has tattoos on his arm, then he must wear long sleeve shirt, women tourists can't show legs or arms.
-This place is very westernized. Don't forget that this area was once a british colony long ago. With that said;
-you will see women in burkas (bedsheet dress) with their heads/face covered. Some even pimp their dress by wearing the chrome/gold plated nose cover plate (silly looking)
And either a large slit for their eyes or completely covered.
-I saw one in the mall (quite hot looking face) who had the dress on but no head covering. And you could see her blue jeans when she walked.
-Even though they wear the burkas, a lot of them will wear regular clothes underneath, some being "dressed to the nines".
-And then there are the modern liberal ones who will be in the mall with skin-tight jeans and a short t-shirt showing her midriff? (belly) section.
They (people) are so materialistic here. (probably due to the indispensible amount of money they have)
This city is like the Las Vegas of t he middle east. except for the gambling. The buildings are SO wicked for architectual design/styling. Lots of hookers too. Sorry CJ, no pics of them.
