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.

roxie arabic Underground Filipino artists in Saudi Arabia

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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26 Responses to “Underground Filipino artists in Saudi Arabia”

  1. Jen on May 12th, 2008 12:46 pm

    My cuz works in Saudi and told me that they can go to jail for doing tattoos.

  2. Jen on May 12th, 2008 12:46 pm

    My cuz works in Saudi and told me that they can go to jail for doing tattoos.

  3. thata on January 29th, 2009 11:38 pm

    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.

  4. WALEE on November 19th, 2009 2:02 pm

    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

  5. rivan on November 23rd, 2009 12:28 pm

    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.

  6. Ron on December 9th, 2009 5:03 am

    Hey guys, anyone knows a good tattoo artist here in Jeddah?? u can email me: sickppol@yahoo.com

    id love to get a tattoo :D

  7. Alaa on January 11th, 2010 8:30 am

    Hi there,
    I want to get a tatto here in Al-khobar

  8. Aayush on January 21st, 2010 9:10 pm

    hey…any one knw..whr can i get a tattoo..done..in ksa…..plzz…!!email..me ….urgent request..!!!!!

  9. Aayush on January 21st, 2010 9:11 pm

    ma email adress,,freakpunk13@gmail.com

  10. resty on February 24th, 2010 2:21 pm

    i want to get tattoo, im in jeddah now, make message me or message at yahoo messgen at this email thrazer2003@yahoo.com

  11. charlie on March 7th, 2010 3:50 am

    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

  12. joel on April 7th, 2010 1:49 am

    i want 2 get tatto here in riyadh

  13. joel on April 7th, 2010 2:40 am

    i want tattoo???? zeus2110692000@yahoo.com

  14. lullo on April 17th, 2010 7:58 am

    i”m a saudi girle and i would love gettin a tatto here in saudi arabia ???
    lullo-muzza@hotmail.com

    email me ASAP

  15. Exavier on April 25th, 2010 5:24 am

    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

  16. kamotekutz on April 27th, 2010 3:35 am

    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..

  17. punisher on May 25th, 2010 1:05 am

    mga kabayan from dammam & al khobar who like to get ink..email me at mg_punisher08@yahoo.com pag usapan natin.. :)

  18. MG l.kabany on June 15th, 2010 6:40 pm

    i want 2 get tattoo in jeddah
    zakachoka_da@yahoo.com

  19. Mohammad Mullah on June 21st, 2010 1:47 am

    I like to find an arabic girls that we will marry with each other, because I like arabic and turkish girls very much, therefore I hope you will find my profile in Live Messenger.

    Regards
    Sahil

    Kabul-Afghanistan
    Contact #: 0093 77-6780403
    E-mail Add: mm_saahil@hotmail.com

  20. sahil on July 6th, 2010 6:16 am

    I like this beautiful girl very much, I don’t where she is from?
    and where she is living?

    Yours faithfully
    sahil

  21. Sahil on July 6th, 2010 6:24 am

    Hi! I am Sahil and I am looking for real girlfriend.

  22. Jebo Rules on August 15th, 2010 7:24 am

    i want to have tattoo!!!i need Filipino tattoo artist,,,i’m here at Al Khobar Saudi arabia,,email me…..jebo_rules1114@yahoo.com

  23. afreeMIND on August 17th, 2010 11:39 am

    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!

  24. afreeMIND on August 17th, 2010 11:40 am

    jebo i will be there but im not an artist… just a tattoo lover

  25. afreeMIND on August 18th, 2010 7:25 am

    roxie’s profile in facebook

    http://www.facebook.com/roxanne.quiambao?ref=ts#!/roxanne.quiambao?ref=ts

  26. ani on August 30th, 2010 3:57 am

    plsss sent me a address or contact details of shops in saudi arabia,,,jeedha

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