Underground Filipino artists in Saudi Arabia
May 12, 2008 by Christian
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 fueling a growth in underground tattooist and body piercers, who are often not only unhygienic but also expensive. Tattooists and body piercers that operate in Jeddah are generally Filipinos, who work from their homes and advertise their services by word-of-mouth.
I’m not sure what the Saudi law is regarding tattoos but I’m assuming the penalty is steep. If any Filipino tattoo artists from the middle east are out there, email me. I would love to interview you.
Here’s a related photo sent in by Roxie from Manila. According to Roxie, the Arabic letting on her lower back is her name. Nice
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My cuz works in Saudi and told me that they can go to jail for doing tattoos.
My cuz works in Saudi and told me that they can go to jail for doing tattoos.
culture is culture. if their culture is not to get tattooed well, filipino culture, since the pre-hispanic era, is to get tattooed. but getting somebody in to jail is too serious as if expressing art is a sin, after all, tattoo is one of the world’s oldest arts.
if you go to USA UK or Saudi Arabia you have to respect the rule
there is so many country in the world’s is not accepting Tattoos
if you like tatos it’s easy get out from there
and about the girl ups-there she really butty with without tattoos
i think it is very stupid to do tattoos its:
dangerous
dirty
ugly
bad
and if ur a muslim and u do it then u ar shatan (devil) i am 13years old i thought oh yea ill get 1 when im older i have a friend with 1 and now hes in hospital because of it because of a virus in the paint colouring thing.
Hey guys, anyone knows a good tattoo artist here in Jeddah?? u can email me: sickppol@yahoo.com
id love to get a tattoo
Hi there,
I want to get a tatto here in Al-khobar
hey…any one knw..whr can i get a tattoo..done..in ksa…..plzz…!!email..me ….urgent request..!!!!!
ma email adress,,freakpunk13@gmail.com
i want to get tattoo, im in jeddah now, make message me or message at yahoo messgen at this email thrazer2003@yahoo.com
im looking for kapwa pinoy who is really a well known tattoo artist here in jeddah..please contact me on my email dive_core@yahoo.com
i want 2 get tatto here in riyadh
i want tattoo???? zeus2110692000@yahoo.com
i”m a saudi girle and i would love gettin a tatto here in saudi arabia ???
lullo-muzza@hotmail.com
email me ASAP
mga kabayan kung may kilala kayo na artist malapit sa al-khobar paki e-mail naman sa akin, gusto ko kasi magpa-tinta bago ako magbakasyon, salamat.
exavier.santos@yahoo.com
Mga kabayan baka naman may kilala kayo nagtatattoo gusto ko kasi magpatatto dito ako sa jeddah, kung may kilala kayo email nyo lang ako kamotekutz09@yahoo.com salamat..
mga kabayan from dammam & al khobar who like to get ink..email me at mg_punisher08@yahoo.com pag usapan natin..
i want 2 get tattoo in jeddah
zakachoka_da@yahoo.com
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Regards
Sahil
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Contact #: 0093 77-6780403
E-mail Add: mm_saahil@hotmail.com
I like this beautiful girl very much, I don’t where she is from?
and where she is living?
Yours faithfully
sahil
Hi! I am Sahil and I am looking for real girlfriend.
i want to have tattoo!!!i need Filipino tattoo artist,,,i’m here at Al Khobar Saudi arabia,,email me…..jebo_rules1114@yahoo.com
im goin to saudi this wednesday… and i have a full left and right hand tattoo sleeves with face of god and grim the reeper… well i gues when i get there im the only filipino will enter saudi arabia with full tattoo on my body!
jebo i will be there but im not an artist… just a tattoo lover
roxie’s profile in facebook
http://www.facebook.com/roxanne.quiambao?ref=ts#!/roxanne.quiambao?ref=ts
plsss sent me a address or contact details of shops in saudi arabia,,,jeedha