I was not asked to wear an abaya!

Submitted by Diana (United States), Feb 18, 2005 at 02:33

I was in the United States Air Force and was sent to Saudi Arabia in 1994. Not only was I not asked to wear an abaya, but the abaya was never mentioned during my stay in Saudi Arabia. We made several trips off base, including two trips to Bahrain and I never encountered any problems. Thus, I think that it is unfair to say that this was a military wide requirement since 1991 when it was not. I knew other females in the U.S. military that were there at the same time that I was and none of them wore abayas either.

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