To a certain extent as a local I do understand people's concern. Segregation is how many have lived their lives and change is happening so this can be scarey. On the other hand, people have short memories...there weren't that many people wearing the abayaa generation or so ago and women were routinely in the workplace if you research the history of the Gulf.

I'm counting on like-minded locals to keep on embracing good changes whilst retaining the essence of our culture.