Cartoon from Dubai

You probably won't want to watch all seventeen minutes of this cartoon, an episode of FREJ, a Dubai cartoon for adults, especially since there's no English translation. But the opening credits are awesome, and the whole thing provides a glimpse into a mysterious other world.

I love how women's veils have been depicted as these weird hockey-player faceguards.

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 15, 2008
Category: Foreign Customs | Cartoons | Middle East

Comments

BEEN THERE--thanks! Pretty radical for veils!

Posted by Paul on 12/15/08 at 11:34 AM

Brian--thanks for the straight dope on this cartoon!

Posted by Paul on 12/15/08 at 06:23 PM

So - some women don't even go without veils in their own homes or around their best friends?

Posted by larriann on 12/16/08 at 01:10 AM

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