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Meet the first Emirati runway model in Dubai

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Rafeea Al Hajsi, an Emirati model is beating convention with her runway swagger. After years of fighting social norms, she fulfilled her catwalk dream in 2013
at Paris Fashion Week. (Video by Nilanjana Gupta)

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32 Comments

32 Comments

  1. Muhammad Idrees

    December 26, 2017 at 2:39 pm

    dont say that u respect ur traditions, A arab women will never where anything with half shoulders open to see…

    • Haise Akashi

      September 22, 2018 at 2:05 pm

      never? nice joke

    • Alia Almelaihi

      September 22, 2018 at 4:07 pm

      Hairs Akashi yes never I mean yes inside of there homes but not outside

    • Haise Akashi

      September 22, 2018 at 4:47 pm

      depends honestly, some Arabs aren’t muslims, some other arabs allah yhdeehom, and you know, so it’s better not to generalize

    • Alia Almelaihi

      September 22, 2018 at 5:04 pm

      True

    • Diamond Teff

      April 20, 2019 at 8:12 pm

      All Arabs do not have to be muslims and follow a muslim dress code.

  2. Moe Al Ferarri

    December 26, 2017 at 3:51 pm

    “becaze”!

    • Alia Almelaihi

      July 16, 2018 at 12:36 pm

      Moe Al Ferarri 😂😂

  3. Mohammed Ali Al Balushi

    January 17, 2018 at 1:19 am

    This lady is not Citizen, She is Irani living in UAE

    • Nuh Al sharqi

      March 18, 2018 at 1:47 pm

      I saw many comments about you and I think your the one who is Irani and angry when you didn’t get citizen.

    • Xx7anoonxX

      May 16, 2018 at 9:20 am

      Loooooooolzzzzzzz

    • Yasir KHAN Phatan

      June 10, 2018 at 2:18 am

      OK 😉

    • praveen kuruppath

      January 6, 2019 at 7:45 pm

      Wats the problem

  4. siner me

    February 5, 2018 at 10:56 pm

    Wow! UAE is progressing fast, already got first runway fashion model. What’s next first Emarati bikini model or pornstar? Bravo so called Muslims keep it up.

    • Jassim Taher

      June 16, 2018 at 10:19 am

      siner me نموذج بيكيني لن يحدث ذلك أبداً لذا لا تفكر في ذلك و أبدا بورن ستار في مليون سنة

  5. i HughmannTM

    March 22, 2018 at 1:40 am

    Stop playing with the minds of emirati women… and your love for American dream…

  6. fa ba

    April 4, 2018 at 4:14 am

    very bad .

  7. Xx7anoonxX

    May 16, 2018 at 9:23 am

    I hope you grow more as a person and flourish in the best way possible

  8. ashsqx324

    June 6, 2018 at 11:03 pm

    soooo beautiful! !

  9. Yasir KHAN Phatan

    June 10, 2018 at 2:20 am

    I just love the way she speak English 😂😂😂

  10. Raha Ali

    June 18, 2018 at 4:21 am

    She can be a model for CABAYAS then she will look stunning i don’t understand why she want be half naked and say i love my identity if you really love your identity just dress like a really Muslim women i hope that Allah Subxana Watacala put you on the right path Dariiqa Mustaqiina Inshaallah

    • Noora Queen

      May 13, 2019 at 12:44 pm

      your not her to tell her what she can wear and not wear maybe she doesn’t want that she want to be a real super model no hate bit abayas is not a big modelling industry so sad that you barely see emarti women in movies or the media

  11. Hamzah Rawat

    July 23, 2018 at 4:05 pm

    UAE and these super right gulf countries trying to impress their western masters, what’s so surprising over here

  12. MsBukidnon worldExplorer

    October 11, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    I love emirates and i love emiratis..Muslim must be cover thier modisty .head should covered and never wear like what i saw on the video.i felt disapointed on this video…

  13. Maryam Forever

    October 19, 2018 at 9:37 am

    Her accent seems russian

  14. os63

    November 6, 2018 at 4:23 am

    There are alot of fake emirate fashionistas, this one is with more advertisement attention seeker.

  15. lokesh naidu

    November 21, 2018 at 12:09 pm

    To much plastic … total crap

  16. 123rr 456

    January 6, 2019 at 7:10 pm

    *Progressive comments down below*

  17. Vijay Upadhaya

    February 8, 2019 at 10:16 am

    there is nothing wrong in modeling…. but it should be modesty

  18. giannis georgiou

    February 13, 2019 at 3:28 pm

    Beaitifull woman.Love and respect from Greece.

  19. Helin Cilgin

    March 6, 2019 at 12:09 am

    She’s Emirati and that’s her accent? Seriously?? Are we sure she’s not transgender btw? She looks so much like a dude for real… 😶

  20. Zbyněk Novotný

    March 8, 2019 at 9:25 am

    ☑☑☑☑ 👏

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