For me I find Arabs very beautiful with their thick black hair, doey eyes and long thick eyelashes...not to mention that creamy brown skin. Ok OK....I was reading this blog about arab beauty and wanted to share (mind you is tongue in cheek but I love sarcastic wit):
1. Does the current image of Arab beauty include all complexions of Arabs? Does it include ‘typical’ Arab facial features including dark eyes, dark hair, noses, lips, etc.
Arab beauty has changed so much in the media and within our own culture. Arab women are obsessed with marrying off their sons to gorgeous model type girls with blue eyes and light hair thinking that their offspring will inherit the recessive genes and become one too. It’s funny, I will tell you a story actually. We know this family who’s daughter is very pretty. Petite, light eyes, hazel green, and just plain pretty. She married an ok looking guy and his family are ok looking too. They are ordinary and not wow you know. Well, since I studied Biology and know a bit about genetics and disproving any cultural obsession, brown eyes and being a bit tan is a DOMINANT trait! We are dominant and that’s why most of us are DARK! So her new born daughter who is one now looks 100% like the father’s family.
Anyways, what’s wrong with being dark, gorgeous, and have wide mysterious Arabian eyes? We look good for a reason! That’s why the western world has an obsession with tanning salons. Tan looks GOOD!
2. Is there a preferred body shape/size?
Petite, 120 pounds, anorexic is good because moms have something to nag about before the wedding.
3. If not, how do you feel about the obsession with light-skin and the pervasiveness of fair-skinned Arab celebs?
They are all fake, what’s there to like? Why would such an extravagant culture such as the Arabian world want the same looking girls? It’s like they all go to the same plastic surgeon. All the same NOSE and big bloated lips! I bet they also do what Michael Jackson did with his skin, remove all the pigments!
4. Is the obsession for fair skin equally demanding on men?
Men? They can be hideous looking and they still want to marry a gorgeous fair skinned girl so the gene pool of their family would change. They seriously need to study genetics and maybe do what Michael Jackson did.
5. How do you feel about bleaching crème? Is it as popular in the Middle East as it is in countries like India?
Hmm, bleach is normal in the Arab world to lighten the hair on the arms and face. That’s about it. But really would not change the skin colour obviously!
6. What are your views about the typical Eurocentric look that many (if not most) Arab celebrities have?
The whole world is a global village now and everyone dresses and acts the same. The problem I see with celebrities that they don’t represent the Arab world at all. They represent them selves only so they can become famous outside the Arab world by looking and acting like them.
7. Is there a silent rule within the Arab entertainment industry about a certain ‘look’ someone is supposed to have in order to succeed?
Perfection is what they aim for. The look has to be perfect. Lots of makeup, large eyes, light skin, and light eyes. Anything that will grab men’s attention so the revenue in anything they try to represent in the media will increase!
8. I have found from a search on pre-colonial Arab beauty standards that Islamic poets praised brown Arab women with dark eyes and hair before the arrival of Euro rule after which light eyes, hair and skin began to be favored. Link What are your thoughts on this?
MEN! That’s all I can say. They just want something different to what they are accustomed to. That’s all.
9. Do you know other Arabs feelings on this issue? If so, what?
It’s not any girl’s fault that she is born with darker skin, brown eyes, and dark hair. God made her this way, so why does society have to hate such common trait? If Arabs are so proud to be Arabic, then why are they not proud of the way they look?
I like the way I look. I am tan, have big brown eyes, and dark brown hair. I look like an Arab and I say I am Arab. I just happen to have a kick *** international name to accompany it. MONA!! Oh, you should ask about the name changes that Arabs do too. They love western names and change it to that. Aah Arabs. Why you people changed so much?
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4. Is the obsession for fair skin equally demanding on men?
Men? They can be hideous looking and they still want to marry a gorgeous fair skinned girl so the gene pool of their family would change. They seriously need to study genetics and maybe do what Michael Jackson did.
LOL!
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And I always thought petite was not favourable among most arabs ... ? The girl in the article sounds blonde
I'm fair skinned with blue eyes. Typical mzungu I guess. And I find dark women with black hair, strong features and big dark eyes more attractive than any other.
Maybe opposites attract eh? That's genetic too
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^^^I totally agree...I think opposites can attract. If you see someone who isn't the norm for you it seems exotic. Take my dad. He had light brown hair the the fairest of blue eyes. Mom was a raven haired beauty with dark skin and large doey brown eyes with long eyelashes. Go figure.
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Arabs...
Arabs..
Arabs..
They're exclusive in their looks.. you can NOT say that they're simply ARABS..
they got a mix from waay back in the ottoman empire, the andalusian conquerance and much more.. so, having said all that, the honey/hazel eyes, the "jet black" hair and the unidentified tanned/glazed color of their skin..
thats HOSTILE!!!
one last thing, im proud to be an arab
I think Arab men are the most good looking men in the world, most arab men. I mean, I personally would be attracted to the "dark eyed, chiselled face, dark hair, tanned skin - man" more than the blondy with the blue eyes infact, the blondy with the blue eyes does nothing for me.
Arab women are also gorgeous, but i think latinas are the prettiest women in the world or maybe it's just me.
^True Latinas are gorgeous
And yeah, I really hate when they all get fake blonde hair and all, DUDE that doesn't suit you at all! leave it for people who look good with it (Europeans and all) and cut down with the whitening powders and all ? Cz people dieeeeee to get your tanned color,and arab eyes are gorgeous too..
Hmph I wonder why i never ended with all that..
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Like minerva, I think dark-ish features and light eyes just take the cake. Maybe because it's not a very common thing to see, or maybe because anything unusual always appears to be exotic.
As for arab beauty, sure, most arabs have dark thick hair, big dark eyes and tanned skin.. but I've seen naturally fair arabs, I've seen arabs with natural light eyes, and everyday I look at my kids and see some of it there. I think it's just stunning when you have something like that coming out in a sea of people who all more or less look the same.
The unusual is appealing to many people.
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I think Arab men are the most good looking men in the world, most arab men. I mean, I personally would be attracted to the "dark eyed, chiselled face, dark hair, tanned skin - man" more than the blondy with the blue eyes infact, the blondy with the blue eyes does nothing for me.
Arab women are also gorgeous, but i think latinas are the prettiest women in the world or maybe it's just me.
Arab men ARE dreamy and the skin on them and the woman make me envious.
As far as Latinas....we do have alot in common with the Arabs especially those of us who have ancestors from Southern Spain (like I do) and the Moors are mixed in our blood.
I know in beauty contests like Miss Universe...Venezeula and Puerto Rico have won many titles.
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I think everyone has their own beauty....for me I have always leaned towards darker skin....but I love say a man with the brown skin of an arab with green eyes. RRRRRRRRRR
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