{"id":13767,"date":"2012-01-07T11:24:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T07:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/?p=13767"},"modified":"2012-03-23T11:43:58","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T07:43:58","slug":"my-perfect-abaya-making-a-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/middle-east-society\/my-perfect-abaya-making-a-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"My Perfect Abaya: Making a Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Abaya-styles-for-young-girls-20111.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-13768\" title=\"Abaya-styles-for-young-girls-20111\" src=\"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Abaya-styles-for-young-girls-20111-e1325921055933.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Abaya-styles-for-young-girls-20111-e1325921055933-317x160.png 317w, https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Abaya-styles-for-young-girls-20111-e1325921055933-270x138.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I want each of us to describe what would be the perfect abaya.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go on the premise that it must be a black garment.\u00a0 But, how would YOU like to jazz it up \u2026 or down?<\/p>\n<p>First of all for me, the abaya MUST have side pockets!\u00a0 I also prefer an abaya that snaps or hooks up the front.\u00a0 It is too awkward and bulky to lift one over the head and it also messes up hair and makeup.\u00a0 My abaya also needs to have slits in the side to make it easy for walking.\u00a0 I have a long stride and an abaya without slits looks ridiculous on me as I walk along.<\/p>\n<p>Now, about jazzing it up or bling\u2026 I want to make a statement.\u00a0 My abaya should have a big pink ribbon on the back with the words in Arabic \u2013 \u2018Let\u2019s find the cure for cancer NOW.\u2019\u00a0 I would also want pink crystals along the sleeves and the neckline.\u00a0 Of course my abaya would have a hood which is lined inside with pink material.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure if the Muttawa would approve of my abaya but it would be ideal for me.\u00a0 Of course I would find out where an American Bedu reader found her pink cowboy boots so I could wear some under my abaya too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMERICAN BEDU: It&#8217;s got to be appropriate, practical and allow me to make a statement.  Here is what my ideal abaya would look like.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":13768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,173,482,10,5],"tags":[383,18275,133,177],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}