Sara Al Madani Opens Up About Her Tattoos: “I Don’t Want to Fit In”

During the June 15 episode of The Real Housewives of Dubai, Sara Al Madani declared, “I want to be different,” and she explained how her many tattoos are a part of that.

“In the Arab world, it’s not accepted [to have tattoos],” she explained. “A lot of people, they judge me. But then the funny part is, all of them get their eyebrows tattooed, but then my shoulder tattoo’s a problem.”

As Sara noted in the episode, she has more than just shoulder ink. When a photographer asked how many tattoos she had, she said she “lost count.”

She continued, “I think this kind of thinking and this mentality [regarding tattoos] is being diluted in the UAE and Dubai. A woman can decide to do whatever she wants — no judgment, no whatever.”

Sara shared her overall approach to her style: “I don’t want to fit in. I want to be different. Who cares what people say?” She explained, “I don’t dress the way I dress to satisfy people’s expectation of me as an Arab woman. No, the way I dress is by choice. I think being modest and conservative is just a way of living. I’m not forced into it. I’m not choosing it based on anything. I just, as a woman, I love it.”

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