Abha Nursing Office Lounge; October 2011
The abaya is a robe-like garment worn by women in Saudi Arabia. I did not expect to wear this type of dress ever in my life. I was thinking that we can wear anything in the Kingdom as long as we don't expose our body. It was not what I was expecting. Every woman is required to wear the same kind of clothing and the color is all black. All the Arab men also wears the same white ankle-length garment with long sleeves similar to a robe. Well, imagine a world of black and white. It's not that I don't like it. I respect their culture but it's weird because it feels like I am living in a black and white world. I was also assigned in the mountain part of the Kingdom wherein I cannot see green grass. Every thing in the area looks pale and dry. Well, I miss my country. Though it's a third world country, everything seems so colorful and free.
