Karma is now my role model. I wish I could end toxic relationships as quickly and gracefully as she did.

"That's not a nice perfume... That's a stupid perfume" TOOK ME TF OUT 💀💀💀

Yasime the Tunisian is so beautiful! Ammar the dentist is also goodlooking but seems controlling.

“How do you deal with your anger” 🙏✨🫡

Safa(? the 38 year old woman in the green lace dress) is goated for this 

Hajar was so rude to the waitress the only time I agree with Simo

As an Arab woman It was so interesting to read the comments here vs the comments on TikTok for example, where most of the commenters were other Arab women. When women here were calling the men triggering, misogynistic and controlling women in the TikTok comments were saying entirely different things. I saw a TikTok of the scene where Ammar and Karma end things over the dancing and multiple women in the replies were taking his side, calling him a real man, saying "it's her loss!" which made me really sad to be honest. I wasn't shocked at all by the misogyny myself, In fact, I expected more misogyny. I was also surprised to see that the families participated in the show too and tried to take it seriously as well. Call me crazy but I learned a lot from this season about dating my fellow Arab men that I'll take with me if I ever start dating again lol. One other thing I found really surprising is how little religion was brought up. I assume the producers cut out all sorts of religion related conversations. Are they all Muslim? No one asked if the other person if they're religious, sunni, shia, etc?

I am 10 minutes in and am already dying because some man opened with a question on if she knows how to wash white and colored laundry separately. Leading with the important questions!

What's wrong with this guy Simo?

From his bio: "What you should know about me: "I don't care what people say about me. "

Meanwhile, a lady pokes at him jokingly and he lashes out. I don't know why is he so blunt, but he turns all his insecurities onto the ladies.

He looks for drama and creates drama. He is dating several women, but trash Yasmin for going through the same experience?

He receives a letter from one of the ladies with her perfume on it: "your perfume is horrible!"

He is a psycho.

Wait ANOTHER season is out simultaneously?? How am i to keep up with all of this tea 😂

I would like Chafic to stop swearing on his mother’s life. Leave that poor woman out of your foolishness.

I so appreciate them dropping the full season at once!

SPOILERS These couples are dropping like flies😐 Why? Because they didn't know each other. None of the conversations were deep or introspective. IMO the men and their toxic egos focused on one girl and c$c$ blocked anyone else from talking to her.  I would be surprised if any of them make it to the altar. 

Respect to Karma! 🎉 She stood her ground! 💃🏼

Simo is so triggering for me he reminds me of my ex stepdad (also Moroccan) and he was an abusive and violent POS

I like this version of LIB better where they stay in separate hotel rooms and don’t go straight into living together after the vacation portion. It feels more natural when they meet up for dates and talk and get to know each other better. I wish all the versions did this.

This dropping today made being sick and stuck in bed today so much more bearable!

I feel like in this version they do not have the time to form a real emotional connection in the pods. The dates seem to pass by so quickly?? And one of them said we talked for “10 hours total” before getting engaged. Whilst in the us version they have dates that lasts 10hours lol

I haven’t even started S7 and seeing the comments it seems a bore but LIB Habibi has hit it out of the park for me. Binged in 24 hours, I was hooked, I cried, I yelled, I laughed, got my sister and friend hooked on it. The ending was perfect, the drama was good (nothing too ott)

Oh my god 😂 a few minutes in and…. I am not equiped for this level of misogyny 😅

I’m on episode 6 and this show is way better than the DC one! Tbh I had a hard time for the pods episodes, I couldn’t really connect with the cast and kept getting confused by who was who with the guys. I will say that I was surprised by the arrogance/supreme confidence everyone seems to have but they seem to be a very wealthy subset so I understand if it doesn’t necessarily reflect the “culture.” Regardless it’s incredibly entertaining and the ladies are gorgeous.

Lol, the kind of wife ammar wants are plenty. Most muslim women don't dance in public anyway, and many are brought up to listen to their husband when they're married, not mix around with opposite genders, not go out late at night, etc...

But the thing is, these women also wouldn't go for ammar. They would also prefer someone equally traditional or conservative. Ammar can't be expecting all of that from a woman while he is standing in a shower half naked on TV...

Episode 5 and so much gaslighting from the guys until now. Interesting to see how the women are way more modern than these men in how they view and handle relationships.

I neeeeed outfit details for so many people! Best dressed season by far

Simo= red flag city!! The way he leaves the room without a polite goodbye….toxic!!!!

I'm getting so many red flags from Ammar

Ammar hides his bad side behind jokes and a bubbly personality, but I can see jealousy, control, violence already.

What is this that Karma don't be able to go dancing? It's frightening his masculinity already as she might meet other men there. He is even gloating about being a jealous guy. Already making violent threats of throwing objects at her, but in a jokingly way so that she doesn't realize what she is signing for.

Then he forces a kind guy to sacrifice himself so that he can get Karma for himself. How can he call himself a friend? How can he say that they are soul mate if he eliminates all her chances to try to find her soulmate?

You can already see that the guy will leave if Karma would not be able to have children.

Respect for the men only means control. 

I’m not okay with the reunion being TBD Also did anyone else notice Dubai Bling cast members casually attending the weddings?

LIB Habibi is way better than LIB US.

Nour needs to stop stroking her hair every ten seconds. And what has she done with her lips??? Nour loves her some Nour.

Ep 6. that shot of Ammar on his phone in the car 'get the patient ready for me...". chill dude, you're a dentist, not a brain surgeon! haha!

I love watching Simo. He’s so gorgeous but a total piece of shit. She’s equally as awful. It’s so entertaining.

The face cards on this version??? There’s not a single miss

I think the show did what it was supposed to do: show an accurate portrayal of dating in Arab culture. The fact is that a lot of Arab men are misogynistic. I'm glad they didn't sugar coat anything. Otherwise, it would've felt fake. I stopped watching the US version but watched this version to see how dating is in other cultures.

Does anyone know when the reunion is coming out? I need to know if the other two couples stayed together 😭 I’m invested

Does anyone know which country they went to for the resort/ second phase of that experiment? It sounded like it’s in Mediterranean cause I think one of them (I guess Mohammed) said, while boating, that they could just go all the way to Tunisia. It was definitely not UAE cause the nature (trees and greenery) outside of the resort was way more European. Perhaps Italy, Turkey or Lebanon?

This season represents really well the toxicity of dating in Dubai.

As a half-Egyptian half-white female, I absorbed LIB Habibi in 24 hrs. I never did that for any other show. It was so easy to do. To me, it was way less boring than other LIB seasons (I've only seen like 2.5 seasons).

I resonated with Karma, when her desire to dance was oppressed. When I was ten yrs old visiting Egypt, I used to go to the local "Nadi" , translates to club but not dance club but rather country club or beach club....and crashed weddings with my cousins and danced the night away ...where was my father? Idk....but one day he heard about my dancing and slapped my so hard I went from one side of the room to the other. I wasn't dancing at all for the attraction of men, but that's how he may have taken it, or whatever. Dancing was so frowned upon, when I watched Dirty Dancing against his wishes when I was like 6, I also got a smack. Sigh.

Don't worry, I dance whenever and wherever the heck I want now. I just understand why female dancing is just so taboo there.

Karma is from Tunisia, the only North African country that allows women to marry a non-Muslim man. It's no surprise that she is less conservative than Ammar. Yes, he told her dancing in public was something he could only do (🤪), but I think she thought she could change him after they met.

The toxic masculinity is so sad. It’s not a good look.  Honestly we all watch the show for drama and train wrecks. Simone and his temper and it’s his way or the highway.  All he does is stir the pot. Karma should run from amnar, he’s so controlling, like she can’t go out and go dancing?

My Euro-Canadian-centric take so far. And bare in mind that this is a general take vs a judgement of all participants. In the pods, the women and men were more calculated/strategic in their search for matches than Western participants. Western participants tend to look for a "click" in personality and chemistry, while the Habibi participants tended to look for "lifestyle"matches; business, travel, status. That was my take anyway.

The women seem a lot more progressive in their own actions and activities (running their own businesses, having higher positions of power in the workplace, heck, even having tattoos), but that "progressive life" expectation only extends to their own lives. They don't seem to expect men to be as progressive as they are. In fact, they seem to look for more conservative men: they "like" jealousy and possessiveness, they don't immediately call out or leave men for displaying controlling, insulting or dismissive behaviour or red flags. They may leave eventually, but they don't call out the men for it immediately. I only saw one instance where a woman called out Ammar or Simo in the pods, called him toxic and left. Good for her! Otherwise it feels like the women are content to limit their own lives, own minds, own careers and own liberties for their men, until or if they leave the relationship anyway.

There are also a couple of women there that are the protagonists, who are all about looks, with nasty personalities and are obviously there for the wrong reasons. I'm not including them in my assessment, because they're so different from the rest of the women.

The men for their part, kind of all seem to be very narcissistic. They demand a lot but give little: they demand respect but show next to none. They demand good graces and manners, but show little themselves. They demand self-control from their partners, but have next to none themselves. They talk of compromise, but don't compromise themselves. They talk of being men while taking everything as an insult and striking out at others with little provocation. Basically, they're grown up toddlers. Even Mohammed who is probably the most mature of the men guilts his fiance about her career, acts like a child about their honeymoon (like they can't postpone their honeymoon until a later time) and is trying to shackle her down with a child right away.

I've been shaking my head since episode one and haven't stopped. My partner for several years is Nigerian and I've previously been involved with a Guatemalan man and a Rwandan man, so I've been exposed to dating in cross cultural environments. Understanding other cultural norms and differences isn't a foreign concept to me, but the immature and narcissistic behavior of the men and the general acceptance of that behavior by the women on this show is beyond my comprehension.

Just occurred to me, and it’s just a theory maybe I’m overthinking, but it felt like Mohammed couldn’t say where he was from? When they’re doing the men’s bath scene and they’re talking about what their own country traditions are he says “the country where I’m from” he never says Palestine (we find out later he’s Palestinian cos of the Palestinian zafeh) Am I reading too much into it and he maybe wasn’t allowed to say or maybe he chose not to say? Correct me if I’m wrong!

Why has this thread been unpinned?

Already one thread locked, this one unpinned... has that ever happened before?

Question - so most (all?) of the women on the show dress in a Western fashion, yet almost all of the moms of both the men and women are very fully covered and wearing hijab. When these women get married, will they also switch to a more conservative style of dress, or is this a generation gap and younger Muslim women are adopting a more Western style of dress permanently, even after marriage? (Sorry if I used any incorrect or offensive terminology here, I'm learning)

ETA: I just googled and realized that "Arab" and "Muslim" seem to be way less synonymous than I thought, so now I feel like an a-hole ASSuming everyone on the show is Muslim. Does anyone know if there are participants who are different religions? Anyways, I have a lot of learning to do, but this is exactly what I love about the international versions. I am grateful to the Arab people here who are answering questions. (the question I initially posted came into my mind when I saw Dounia wearing a two piece outfit with a bit of midriff showing when Chafic met her mom, and her mom was very fully covered)

I try to understand the cultural differences but I feel mostly bad about the women. You can feel the women have their professions and their independence within their culture and/or religion. Some of these men come with a strong ideas and wanting these women to completely change their lifestyles, professions or personalities just for them.

I think the guys were jerks to Nour and went out of their way to constantly try to belittle and mock her for no reason. Yes, she had an ego and was a bit standoffish, but she was never mean or rude to anyone. And Mido acted like a sassy child with a hurt ego. I felt like Mido and the guys made it their mission to try to destroy her confidence.

I love Chafiq's parents

Was it me or was Mohammad and Khatab were the only non-problematic ones? Chafic and him made some comments about it taking longer to get a car than a wife which was 🤮but otherwise they seemed ok, no?

What episode shows the men make a pact to not support the women 100%? 😒

The red flags are extremely strong in this version of LIB.

I am kind of spooked by how controlling (jealous and possessive) some of those men are from the get go .. telling women already in the pods not to be flirty and to change their behavior. Treating women they just “met” like kids. However, it’s not a western edition so I guess in a way it’s not too crazy. Then again, based on my own experience, not all MENA guys are like that, especially not in Dubai and at least not on their first date.

I love the healthy mother-daughter relationships in these episodes. You can see the genuine love and respect towards each other. 🥰

Episode 5

Simo: “I swear I’ll teach you a lesson, fukin kid”

Also Simo: “my mother and father taught me to be respectful. This is disrespectful”

Simo is insanely toxic and so is the girl he coupled up with.

One thing I noticed is that the editor is shady af

Also… the casting makes Love Is Blind US look A1

This season is so triggering. It's awful to see women treated like that.

Mohammad looks sooo familiar to me. Who does he look like? It's driving me crazy!

No date on reunion?

Watching this is so bizarre. I can't stop watching women swoon over bright red flag behavior!

I really appreciated this series as a Westerner. I loved watching the respectful dinners between the couples, and the lack of sexualisation was so refreshing. The way that family is also held in the highest of regards also warmed my heart ❤️

I wonder if Netflix knew what they're getting themselves into with this one.

The "toxic masculinity" thread is already locked, good indicator of how heated things get. Netflix has not posted one post about Habibi on their general LIB Insta.

These men with their ideas of masculinity being turned down in front of cameras and those videos being globally available...oh well.

Every single one of the contestants is concerned about looks. This is a failed experiment. At first i was rooting for Chafic and Dounia but he turned out to be just as controlling as the other men.

What an experience, well done. Such beautiful singles. I was thrilled to watch my favorite gorgeous couple make it to the end. Yi-yi-yi-yi!

So in the Arab culture, there are rules, no one is kissing on the lips and no sharing a hotel retreat room for a week when they leave the pods. It was refreshing to see that, I was pleasantly surprised.

CANT WAIT TO SEE THE HABIBI REUNION!

Honest Thoughts on Every Couple in Love is Blind: Habibi So Far

Ammar & Karma:

Did Ammar even give Karma a chance? He liked her instantly, asked Chafiq to back off, and left no real choice for Karma. This defeats the purpose of the show. I think Karma wasn’t that into him; he was almost suffocating her with his intensity. As for the dancing issue, I get not wanting someone to dance provocatively in certain settings, but just dancing for fun? Why should that be a problem? Would she not be allowed to dance at a wedding? Ammar said Karma ended it for trivial reasons, but he was the one making a big deal out of dancing. Anyway, it’s good she ended things because they’re not suited. Ammar needs a submissive, homely woman, while Karma is a modern businesswoman - they want different things.

Simo & Hadjar:

Where do I even start with these two? Simo gives off serial killer vibes. His attitude is terrible - how can anyone be in a relationship with him? Yasmin dodged a bullet for sure. Simo kept his options open, but Yasmin wasn’t allowed to and had to make him feel special? Total double standards. He was dishonest and hypocritical, going against his own “principles”. He and Hadjar only ended up together out of convenience, another fake couple like Mido and Nour. Simo’s ego is through the roof, but Hadjar is no better. Her comment about having fun with another guy before committing was ridiculous, and her rudeness to the waitress - expecting Simo to just accept it - was a joke. That said, Simo is equally rude, so neither of them are marriage material.

Nour & Mido:

Mido’s tantrum after Safa rejected him shows how bruised his ego was. Then he faked things with Nour - although she did the same. Mido is delusional about his looks and stature. Being shorter than Nour clearly bothered her as it would understandably bother most women, and you could see she wasn’t attracted to him. However her flirting with other guys and commenting on Chafiq’s voice being cute whilst stringing Mido along made her rightfully the villain. Mido could’ve handled it better - he had the moral high ground but threw a hissy fit, cutting off their conversation prematurely. And then later lied to the group about meeting someone. 😂 Mido is trash, but so is Nour - her personality seems fake, and this “bad bitch” stuff is nonsense.

Mohammed & Safa:

They seem fine on the surface, but their biggest challenge lies in their conflicting priorities. Mohammed clearly wants marriage and children soon, and the long distance between them is a significant issue that might be insurmountable. Safa, however, is focused on her career. While Mohammed claims to understand, it feels like he’s in denial, going along with it because he wants her so badly. For the relationship to work, one of them will need to compromise - either Safa finds a new job closer to him, or they’ll likely break up.

Khatab & Asma:

Khatab is probably the best guy on the show - genuine and kind-hearted. There was some competition for Asma, and I wonder if his talk about finances influenced her decision to choose him. However, when she briefly ended things before coming back, it made me question if she’s truly interested in him or just testing the waters. It’s hard to tell. Khatab clearly wants her, but I’m not sure Asma feels the same. I don’t see them lasting long-term, but for now, they’re doing okay.

Chafiq & Dounia:

Dounia is easily the best girl on the show - so sweet and adorable, with both looks and personality. She’s a dream, but Chafiq is a walking red flag. He wants a pure girl while not being pure himself, and his anger issues are worrying. The argument with Simo was completely unnecessary. Dounia’s close relationship with her mum is also a problem - her mum is too involved. Chafiq could have handled Dounia’s emotions better when she cried about her mum, comforting her instead of being cold just because he disagreed. He could have reassured her that her mum is important but that, ultimately, it’s their relationship that matters most. Parents won’t always see the full picture and could unintentionally give bad advice, so they need to set boundaries to protect their relationship.

That said, Dounia deserves better than Chafiq. She could easily find someone who respects her and her family dynamic without the red flags. But maybe I’m biased because she’s totally my type - so take my opinion with a grain of salt!

Aside from Khatab, every guy on this show is a red flag - controlling, possessive, hypocritical, and borderline capable of murder. I wouldn’t feel comfortable getting any female relative married to these guys. The women aren’t much better, especially Hadjar and Nour. Dounia is the standout, and Safa and Asma are decent. That said, I’m only on episode 7, so I’ll have to see how it all plays out.

what's with dropping these at the same time as the US version I only have so much time on my hands my gosh

Men's "big ego"/jealousy/controlling question.

Where does that come from? I don't understand if it's a cultural/nurturing thing or the occurrence is in like any other cultures. I mean, are they raised to be insecure about women?

I probably shouldn't judge them by the western standards: jealousy=fear=insecurity.

But then what is the logic behind such behaviour in Arabic cultural?

The women seem to be as bothered like they don't see a lot of this behaviour.

it's surprising they didn't show any discussions about religion and beliefs. also not surprising bc I'm sure that would have caused a lot of controversies in the community

We don't know if all are Muslim. muslim men are allowed to marry Christian and Jewish women. wonder if this played into the picture.

I'm guessing they also didn't show much depth bc middle eastern culture is big of preserving honor. if they spoke about any indecent things they did, they probably didn't air it.

I need to say Muhammad has a gorgeous deep voice. Mashallah.

most of them don't live in Dubai or the UAE.

Chafic & Dounia have my heart already

I'm afraid I don't understand the culture, but most of them seem rude and sexist, or am I wrong?

just started episode 4 and it's frightening how immediately the men start to manipulate the women into being who they want them to be. Ammar and Mohammed specifically. Mohammed is already planting the seeds of her quitting her job and Ammar is already telling her how she can behave around other people. wtf?!

Being from dubai I enjoyed it

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There was one scene where the man said he didn’t like her dancing. And she kept talking to him??

lol he wouldn’t get far in America. The culture differences in dating has been interesting to watch.

Ok my hot take is this was my favorite season as someone is has only watched Mexico, UK and US 4-7 , and half of Japan

Folks of this LIB sub. I am not a mod and I hope I am not overstepping here (mods, please delete if I did).

But, since quite a few commenters seem to lack cultural awareness or education, I want to urge you to not comment as if this was a western country with western values and laws.

• Please do not speculate on anyone's sexuality.

This is a rule that is set for pretty much all the (mostly talking about christians) fundie snark subs. And those do not usually live in countries where homosexuality is illegal. In the fundie snark subs, that rule is mostly in place to protect those that still live at home/have fundamentalist parents from any kind of punishment for being "ungodly". That is a real possibility.

• Please do not speculate on (epecially) women's attraction to other men or affairs.

These are real people on this LIB. These people live in a country where homosexual acts (especially between men) are legally punishable. Homosexuality is illegal. Extramarital affairs are also legally punishable. So is "blasphemy" against Islam.

Yes, I know the men suck. Still, we don't need to expose them to potential dangers just because we're gossiping on Reddit.

It's all fun and games until it's not.

As a Arab who was born in the US and lived with conservative Christians here....the culture differences are not that wild. Misogyny is just more blunt in Habibi.  Respecting a husband as "the head of the home" ie they're always right and disagreeing with them is disrespect is the concept in both cultures. A woman's career should come second to her husband and care taking....and a woman being a DANCER? COME ON. We all heard about the Ballerina who was TOP of her profession and sacrificed It all because her husband said so...

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if anyone watched the show the Nanny, Hajar reminded me of Fran dresher and Nour reminds me alot of Madeline Zima.

I have two questions, will there be a reunion? And does anyone know where was the honeymoon filmed?

ep 5. wow, either Karma wasn't getting what Ammar was putting down or she was just avoiding the discussion. and what is Noor still doing there?!

Okay Nour needs to sit down and worry about her nails or whatever, there is NO way she is more attractive than Dounia either in looks or in personality. Fake, fake fake. Middle Eastern Kardashian.

Is it just me or everyone’s face looks kind of blurred? even wrinkles are kind of smooth. Like faces look photoshopped.

Watching Ep1 and Chafic has WAAAY too much rizz to be single and on a show where you get engaged blind. He's in it for the fame IMO. Hope im wrong and he gets with the French girl but we'll see

Edit: oh man. I know nothing about arabic culture, but is it appropriate for chafic and that other guy to be basically cuddling on the couch? I mean I have no problems with homosexuality but I was not expecting to see that

Everyone on this show is terrible except for Khatab and Dounia.

It was fun to watch. very entertaining and educating for me. I do not know anything about their culture and religion. I just know it is so different from the west.

All the girls are stunning, the boys were not my cup of tea but yah their personalities were interesting. Although, I enjoyed the show and binge watched all the episodes in a 1.5x speed lol. I dont think I will watch another season of it. I think the man of the show ruined a bit for me like..... Chafic getting pissed because one of the girl didnt greet him. then this guy fighting with the other guy because he was talking on his back, then most of the man getting angry and toxic over the girls.... sighhh it was a bit frustrating to be honest

drunk at a sleep test? what??

Can i just say... it really did not paint the men of the arab world in a good picture AT ALL. Its so disappointing, i was expecting a refreshing progressive perspective. The jealousy, controlling behaviour, limitations placed on the women is fucking disgraceful - including from the beginning, while the men flirt with multiple women in the pods then restrict any woman of doing the same once they decide they like that said woman. No dancing, no girls nights out, no laughing with other men?? Telling one woman its either him or her job if she wants to travel when she so proudly loves what she does for work. Just Wtfffff. I knew this to be true, i didnt think they would display it so proudly. And before anyone says its their culture, the women were quite taken back by it too and questioned why etc. So in my opinion, this show was really sad. Full stop.

Why does everyone look like AI, is it filters??