Juan Pablo Pino, a Colombian soccer player was allegedly arrested in Saudi Arabia for publicly displaying a tattoo of Jesus on his arm. How is this related to Filipinos? Most of the tattoo artists in Saudi are Filipino but have to operate on the down-low because of the strict Shariah laws. The Arab News also [...]

Filipino OFW’s (Overseas Foreign Workers or OFI’s – Overseas Foreign Investors as Gloria Arroyo says) are setting up underground tattoo and body piercing spots in Saudi Arabia. It looks like the Filipinos setting up shop are nurses. ArabNews reports: Young Saudi men and women are increasingly getting their bodies tattooed and pierced, something that is [...]