Omar Borkan Al Gala, a poet, actor, and photographer from Dubai, is reported to be one of the three men removed from a festival in Riyadh earlier this month by religious police in the conservative Islamic kingdom for being too handsome.
The Commission for the Promotion of
Virtue and Prevention of Vices in Saudi - where there are strict rules
governing interaction between men and women who aren't related - had the
men deported back to Abu Dhabi in case women should 'fall for them'.
A report in Arabic newspaper Elaph which
said: 'A festival official said the three Emiratis were taken out on
the grounds they are too handsome and that the Commission [for the
Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vices] members feared female
visitors could fall for them.'
His identity was revealed by Jezebel who reported that he had been deported back to United Arab Emirates. Although it has not yet been confirmed
that he was one of the men, Al Gala has posted a link to the original
news report on his Facebook page, along with statements such as: 'The
beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the
doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.'
His Facebook page is full of posed photos in which Al Gala looks moodily into the camera - it looks as if he is wearing dark eyeliner.
Several of them feature him posing in a sports car as well as blowing out smoke and looking into the distance thoughtfully.
On his Facebook page, Al Gala has 139,616 likes and about 36,487 talking about him.
He has not been confirmed as one of the
three men, but his made-up appearance and his refraining from confirming
that he was one of the trio, suggests he could be taking advantage of
the speculation to boost his public profile.
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