UAE Community Blog: 411

26 July, 2009

411

does anyone know of a decent tattoo place in dubai?

34 comments:

theplasticpoet said...: illegal isn't it?; 26 July, 2009 11:58
Dave said...: I thought they were illegal in Dubai?? Therefore you may only find them "underground"...; 26 July, 2009 12:57
Anonymous said...: Golden Tulip in Barsha; 26 July, 2009 14:00
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 26 July, 2009 16:13
Em said...: they're all underground mate.; 26 July, 2009 16:52
unJane said...: Why? Is it illegal?; 26 July, 2009 17:10
Proud Emirati said...: please tell me so that I report them to the police ...; 26 July, 2009 17:38
Dubai Entrepreneur said...: Wow.. I didn't think that tattoo parlors were illegal here. Not that I have the stomach to get a tattoo (needles and I don't get along too well).. nor do I find most tattoos tasteful.. but I always thought to each his own.

And I figured, Dubai wouldn't miss out on such an opportunity to license shops with extortion-like fees.; 26 July, 2009 17:54
hemlock said...: MJ: yar that's just weird. rent a room for a night, buy hookers off the shelf, uh... ban tattoos?!

PE: i dont get your reaction.
why? only islam bans tattoos. do you also report all hookers you see on the roads, given how nearly all religions denounce adultery?
dubai is a tolerant city that boasts of people from 197 countries. you claim in many instances it has become too tolerant and that needs to change. but are tattoo parlours the greatest of all evils that need to be eliminated?

why is airbrushed art allowed to be sold at malls - in essence it's representing the same thing?; 26 July, 2009 18:06
Anonymous said...: Banning tattoo parlours is easier than eradicating prostitution.

No one said it was the greatest evil but if you have the "well everything is fucked up so I might as well not give a fuck attitude", nothing will be fixed.

You do what you can.; 26 July, 2009 18:28
rosh said...: Prison?

:); 26 July, 2009 18:50
Absology said...: Goodness! I would hope not!; 26 July, 2009 18:58
Proud Emirati said...: hemlock, u don't get it? too bad then !; 26 July, 2009 19:34
Al-ain Rose said...: There's nothing like the Emiratie tatto, I mean, the black henna, it so looks like tatto and without pain or suffer. I think it's a good alterntive to tatto.

http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/ModestSmile/tatto.jpg; 26 July, 2009 19:38
Dogpound_Jane_doggystyle said...: WTF I tattoo myself biatches; 26 July, 2009 20:53
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hemlock said...: abit: yada yada blah blah. dude, if i was the one getting the tattoo, i would not advertise it on a community blog. :)
i'd also prefer to get one in lahore where we have proper tattoo parlours so there's no shady business.

someone asked me to find out. i said i'd ask around. hence the post.

a) from what i know, tattoos are haram. for me. not for the person in question.
b) i didnt know it was illegal in UAE. i have never cared enough to find out. dubai continues to send mixed signals in what is and what isnt allowed.
c) i didnt know it was that big a deal to ask a question. and im genuinely sorry if ive offended anyone.

i do believe what people do in their own time with their own lives is a personal matter and im no one to judge.

cutting and self-mutilation, btw, are equally haram in islam.

If the prophet were alive today I'm sure he would love what Muslims have become.; 26 July, 2009 23:46
hemlock said...: al ain rose: i love henna :D it rocks (except for the ten days of misery when henna comes out and you are left with this yellowy fungusy look on your hands. ick!); 26 July, 2009 23:50
Anonymous said...: Hemlock - A mental disorder is not haram.

It's laughable that you attempt to compare it to something like tattoos.

Very very different things.; 27 July, 2009 00:08
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Al-ain Rose said...: hemlock, yes, it looks ugly when it starts disappearing, but there is a solution to this misery.
It's ... Clorox!
I'm serious, I haven't ever tried it and I won't ever do it, lol, but I heard it works and some really do it to get rid of the remaining henna drawings.; 27 July, 2009 01:45
Proud Emirati said...: wow ABIT, u are becoming a radical extremest, just how I like it :P; 27 July, 2009 08:44
Dubai Jazz said...: Hemlock said,

//cutting and self-mutilation, btw, are equally haram in islam. //

Does that mean circumcision is Haram?!; 27 July, 2009 08:57
hemlock said...: anon 00:08: It's laughable that you attempt to compare it to something like tattoos.

actually, what's laughable is how people jump to conclusions when they have little or no information.

abit: But WE have a right to run OUR country as WE see fit.

and ive never argued with that. if you decide to replace all expats with munchkins and oompa loompas, really, i'd totally respect the decision.

alain rose: dude, i once had henna put on my feet and the stains didnt go away for four weeks. i swear it was so gross i couldnt take my socks off :(

DJ: you, dude, are just trying to create even more controversy and im not falling for it :D

From this story in the gulf news, it doesnt seem tattoos are illegal.
*shrugs*

anyways, im done with this thread :) thanks for the feedback.; 27 July, 2009 10:11
Jayne said...: If tattoos are illegal here, why are beauty salons advertising their tattooing services in full public view? (which they do in Abu Dhabi); 27 July, 2009 15:45
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 27 July, 2009 16:18
Anonymous said...: Hemlock
"actually, what's laughable is how people jump to conclusions when they have little or no information."

...Which is exactly why you brought up self-harm and tattoos in the same paragraph.

You obiously know what you're talking about.; 27 July, 2009 18:59
Al-ain Rose said...: Oh god I loathe henna. It smells!
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It's for women.; 27 July, 2009 19:33
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 27 July, 2009 20:12
Al-ain Rose said...: second, I was talking about the BLACK henna which is totally a different thing from the ordinary one. it looks like tattoo. try it you won't regret it, say it's a tattoo if you shy to say that you used henna.

black henna (Emiratie tattoo,lol)is cool.; 27 July, 2009 23:50
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 28 July, 2009 07:05
Al-ain Rose said...: and b. Black henna looks like black shit, if I want to see black shit I'll eat a can of beans and drink 3 cans of coke, ah!
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Allah ylawe3 chabdek!!! Yuck!!

Only people I ever see with that are Sudaniyas or Bulooshiyas
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heehehehehe... it's your problem that you still live in your stone age.. it'd been a fashion among ladies for some quite time....
and for your imformation, I'm not a henna fan, though I think it's cool when it's professionally done.; 28 July, 2009 20:57