Young Tarr is tomato face.

Different Arabic dialects pronounce the ج (j) in distinct ways having to do with how deeply colonialism was entrenched, and other factors. Mostly, it is “j”, but in North Africa one finds “zh” quite often: something I quite enjoy. (There can also be a conflation of “g” for “q” and, in Egypt, “g” for “j”)...

I think the incongruity between the veil and flesh is the point. The theme is “reorienting perceptions”.

A lot of people really don’t want to understand that Arabs aren’t a monolith. I don’t get their determination; it’s not like we think all Black cultures are the same, and we certainly accept that not all white cultures are identical. But haters gotta hate, I guess.

So nomads aren’t Middle Eastern? I’ve got some bad news about the majority of Arabs for ya buddy...

She’s Palestinian.

there are a bazillion arab jews in the world; 3,000 years of being arab is too short of a time for you?

There are almost two dozen countries in what is considered the Arab world and the treatment and clothing styles of women in each is very different. They aren’t all wearing burkas and niqabs. Young women in Lebanon, for example, dress just like Americans — tank tops and jeans (ie. bare arms).

Great comment.

Her father is Palestinian and always self-identifies as such.

Her father is named Mohamed and was born in Palestine. Her mother is American-Dutch, not Jewish.

I had to go to her Papa’s wiki page, because I’m kinda not up on current celebrity people, but:

I don’t think so...her Dad is from modern-day Israel but his heritage is Palestinian— I don’t think there are too many Jewish folks named “Mohamed.” I’ve never heard anything about her Mom being Jewish, but I could be wrong.

I hear this a lot, considering I’m half Mexican. It’s like, Oh, I’m sorry. I don’t need to display my culture to you alllll the time, brahs.

I think people forget that Gigi IS of Middle Eastern descent because she is the lightest of her parents’ children. Yolanda posts a lot of baby pics of the kids, and Gigi has always been the lightest of their children - blonde hair, etc. But from what I’ve seen of their father, he’s not exactly dark. And of course,…

It means there’s a shitty 15 year old with a nasty Tumblr habit on the internet

If you ignore all the women in the Arab world that love this kind of shit and/or can actually afford what Vogue’s advertising, then sure.

“You like your culture when it suits you lmaooo”

“You like your culture when it suits you lmaooo.”

Eye on the Middle East, indeed. I think it’s beautiful. و مبروك