MIDDLE EAST BUCKS ISLAMIC STEREOTYPE IN LINGERIE SHOPPING BOOM
August 1st, 2006
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
CONTRARY to Islamic stereotyping, lingerie sales are extremely healthy in the Middle East, although the brand is not as important as the style.
Indeed, there is lingerie openly on display that in Europe would usually be confined to sex shops. In Syria for instance, 'alternative' lingerie such as see-through bras, panties with fluffy additions, lights, even attached ringing plastic mobile phones are on sale in the covered markets and upscale lingerie shops. Who buys them? The mohajiba (the veiled, conservatively dressed women) and ...
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