Faryal Makhdoom, model and the wife of former British boxer Amir Khan found herself at the center of attention due to her revealing outfit at the recent Red Sea International Film Festival held at The Ritz-Carlton in Jeddah.
The lady took to her Instagram handle and shared her five pictures captured with her husband and the stunning Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt.
While sharing the photos she wrote a long note to overcome the misconceptions of the people regarding her outfit choice.
Here are the exact words stated by the lady:
“Even though I don’t need to explain myself to anyone I thought I’d clarify one thing, I’ve been to Umrah many times before but this particular visit was unplanned, I had been invited to the Red Sea film festival so I flew down to attend, whilst I was there I couldn’t not visit Makkah which was 1hr away from me, so I went. My dress was pre-planned, but my Umrah trip wasn’t. The comments I’m getting are absurd, my dress isn’t that revealing at all, and I shouldn’t have to think twice about doing what my heart was called to do because of the dress I have planned for the event.
“Yes, I’m trying to better myself every day as a Muslim and slowly I’ll get there, Inshallah.
“But please understand one thing I’m not a Hijabi so stop expecting me to dress like one, stop having any expectations of me. I’m not asking to be your role model.
“I was glad to be in Saudi around many like-minded people who spoke up about Palestine at the film festival, which was an admirable thing to see and be a part of.”
She also shared another Instagram post in which she told the public that she has been working on her style and way of dressing for the past few months but for all that change it naturally takes some time.
“I am aware that I am a Muslim and InShaAllah slowly but surely it’s one of the things I am consciously working on”, she said.
“I appreciate the love you guys have for me and understand that you try to guide me but some of the comments can be extremely hurtful”, she added.
Further, she requested the netizen community saying, “Take it easy on me. I am only human.”
“We all sin in different ways and may Allah guide us all”, she concluded.
Here is the post:
The event has been attended by popular Lollywood stars including Mahira Khan, Humayun Saeed, Ahad Raza Mir, and prominent producers Samina Humayun Saeed and Sana Shahnawaz rubbing shoulders with across-the-border stars including Alia Bhat and Hollywood bigwigs Andrew Garfield, Nicolas Cage, Joel Kinnaman and, Henry Golding.
The pictures and videos of the event have been circulating across the social platforms grabbing the attention of the netizen’s community.
Here we have some of the clicks of the model: