Dress Decently In Dubai Or Risk Jail Time (MUST READ)

Legal experts in Dubai have warned that Residents and tourists who dress “inappropriately” in public places can face up to three years jail time and deportation for “harming the country’s public morals”, after a heated online controversy across the country.

“There are no context or law that regulates or controls clothing limits or set penalties for it, but there is the Article 358 of the Federal Penal Code of the State, which says that indecent actions or anything that might be prejudicial to public morals made by a man or woman in public and could be considered as indecency would be punishable by six months to three years imprisonment and deportation, according to the first paragraph of the Article 121 of the same law,”

The UAE government’s official website also asks tourists to “dress modestly”.
“Emiratis dress conservatively in traditional dress and can be offended when people dress inappropriately or not in accordance with Islamic values,” the website says.

It adds that both men and women “might feel more comfortable wearing loose-fitting clothes” that cover up the shoulders, arms and legs.
There is also no separate law for men and women

It is the duty of every resident and visitor to dress appropriately in public. Generally, ladies in public places like streets, shopping malls and restaurants etc, should wear shorts, skirts which are of appropriate length and down to the knee or of knee length. The authorities may punish an individual by imprisonment or impose fine on him or her for wearing indecent, vulgar or inappropriate dress in public. Beach wear and swim suits are only allowed in designated areas of beach or swimming pools.”