Faryal Makhdoom has hit back at trolls after she was slammed for attending the closing night of the Red Sea International Film Festival ‘half naked’ on Thursday.
The Pakistani-American model – who is the wife of boxer Amir Khan – was in Saudia Arabia for the festival and looked incredible as she walked the red carpet in a white satin gown complete with extravagant beaded belt detailing, a headscarf and a dramatic train.
The glamorous garment featured a thigh high split that showed off her toned legs and exposed a pair of towering silver stilettos.
Yet Faryal’s followers took offence at her leg-flashing outfit, accusing her of ‘hypocrisy’ for wearing the revealing ensemble a day after visiting the holy city of Mecca.
Trolls rushed to criticise the 32-year-old social media star after she shared an Instagram snap of her ensemble on Friday, with one commenting: ‘this girl confuses the f**k out of me can’t take her seriously… how can you expect people to respect you if one minute your preaching religion in Saudi covered talking about finding god and five minutes later leave the most holy place to get half naked and do s**t for clout….’
Faryal Makhdoom has hit back at trolls after she was slammed for attending the closing night of the Red Sea International Film Festival ‘half naked’ on Thursday
Faryal’s followers took offence at her leg-flashing outfit, accusing her of ‘hypocrisy’ for wearing the revealing ensemble a day after visiting the holy city of Mecca
Others commented: ‘Whats the point of covering ur head when rest of ur body is visible?’; ‘hypocrisy one minute umrah n now look’; ‘These Arab countries don’t represent the Muslim ummah..’
Faryal was quick to hit back at the trolls, as she pointed out that she doesn’t wear the hijab typically and that she hadn’t expected the split on her dress to be so long.
She shared: ‘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, 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 everyday 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, infact stop having any expectations of me. I’m not asking to be your role model.
‘P.s — I was glad to be in Saudi around many likeminded people who spoke up about Palestine at the film festival, which was an admirable thing to see and be apart off❤️
‘Also, NGL I was p**ssssed at how long the slit was too.’
At the closing festival, Faryal put on an united front with her husband.
Former professional boxer Amir, 36, sweetly posed arm-in-arm with his glamorous wife as they stepped out at the glitzy event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Amir, who was recently embroiled in several cheating scandals, cut a dapper figure in an all-black suit as he walked the red carpet with his wife.
The Pakistani-American model – who is the wife of boxer Amir Khan – looked incredible as she walked the red carpet in a white satin gown complete with a headscarf and a dramatic train
Trolls rushed to criticise the 32-year-old social media star after she shared an Instagram snap of her ensemble on Friday
Faryal was quick to hit back at the trolls, as she pointed out that she doesn’t wear the hijab typically and that she hadn’t expected the split on her dress to be so long
The couple looked as close as ever as they posed arm-in-arm on the red carpet while smiling for the cameras.
They joined a whole host of A-list guests at the closing night of the festival, including the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry and Freida Pinto.
It comes after Amir praised his ‘forgiving’ wife Faryal after he was publicly embroiled in several cheating scandals.
The couple recently hit a rocky patch in their relationship when a former BBC presenter accused the sportsman of making sexual advances towards her after they appeared at an event together.
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The pair were also said to have separated and they lived apart over the summer after he reportedly asked a bridal model to send him raunchy pictures.
Speaking about his wife of 10 years – with whom he shares children Lamaisah, nine, Alayna, five and three-year-old Muhammad – Amir said in September: ‘Ah she’s brilliant, yeah, she’s good… Well, she is the big boss.’
He added on the They Don’t Teach This At School with Myleene Klass podcast: ‘I always get told off because I do silly things and I got caught doing silly things and obviously I’m human at the end of it.’
Amir continued: ‘She’s very forgiving, but I think you know if you keep on pushing someone it’s going to get too much, she’s gonna say you know what, get away from me.
‘I can see that she loves me to bits and she’s really caring and stuff, because honestly speaking there’s a lot of stuff that she does behind the scenes that people don’t see.
‘Like for example, you know, she set my training camp up, she set the contracts, the lawyers she deals with, the accountants she deals with, she deals with all the bills that we have in the UK and all that.
‘We have this payment to make, this payment to make. She does everything. I don’t have no house headache, she takes care of all that, like all the admin work, because I can’t do that.
‘But it’s good that she’s taken the pressure away from me on that sense… And you know, sometimes you need someone like a good backbone, and there’s someone there for you. Someone to take that pressure away from you.’
Former professional boxer Amir, 36, sweetly posed arm-in-arm with his glamorous wife Faryal as they stepped out at the glitzy event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Amir, who was recently embroiled in several cheating scandals, cut a dapper figure in an all-black suit as he walked the red carpet with his wife
Amir, whose marriage has been dogged by a number of cheating claims, allegedly contacted a model named Sumaira, 25, on May 6, three days after he was shown being evicted from the pre-recorded I’m A Celebrity… South Africa.
Sumaira claimed they spoke on the phone, during which he attempted to explain why he had contacted her, saying that ‘he and Faryal were not properly together and that it was a bit of a business arrangement’.
She claimed he spun a ‘sob story’, saying that he was retired from boxing and Faryal spent a lot of time in London.
Amir admitted he ‘regretted’ messaging Sumaira, revealing he’d contacted her out of ‘boredom’, but insisted he was not cheating as it was ‘just a few texts’.
Asked if he would attend therapy sessions, he told The Sun: ‘That question hasn’t been brought up before. But maybe I do need help to stop me from messaging other women. I am willing to go to therapy to stop me sending texts to women who aren’t my wife.
The sportsman said Faryal was ‘disgusted’ at the news of him messaging another woman, with her telling him: ‘If you have a diamond at home, why do you want to mess around with rocks and stones?’
Amir admitted his behaviour was ‘not nice’ and noted that his children will one day read about what happened, which he said will ‘upset them’.
Faryal posted a lengthy statement in response to her husband’s text exchanges with model Sumaira at the time.
Stating that she ‘refuses to play out my marriage publicly,’ Faryal wrote on Instagram that ‘after a long week of accusations, slander and harassment I have decided it is now time to address the situation that has unfolded.’
Faryal described Sumaira’s actions as a ‘hate campaign’ and has denied that she is ‘responsible for Sumaira’s current mental state.’
Faryal went on to state that ‘the whole world is aware of his track record’ and insists that Sumaira must have been aware he was married when she sent him revealing photos.
Amir and Faryal have been married for 10 years and share three kids together, Lamaisah, nine, (left) Alayna, five, (right) and Muhammad, three