Saudi Arabian looted in Mumbai; gang targeted 44 Arabs

[Wine&Steak]

If I stayed in some resort in Kerala or Goa throughout those 3 weeks or so I would not be able to see all the things that I would like to see. Similarly with tour guides. They usually only take you to specific locations and you are not really allowed to venture out on your own or in smaller groups. You have a limited time schedule to follow as well so even if you could it would all be very quick.

Well, I am sure that South India is a lot safer than those countries but since I only know what I have been told by others (Indians as Arabs) and I am yet to visit, I wanted to hear from natives and maybe, just maybe, there would be an Indian here who could answer my questions or better, someone who works in the tourism sector in Southern India or knows somebody who does.


However I am disappointed about you saying that I should not visit Hyderabad. I have 2 good Indian friends (Muslim) who are from Hyderabad and they have told me many times that I should visit. There is also a Yemeni quarter/neighborhood in Hyderabad and I would like to try an authentic Hyderabadi Biryani too. Also the palaces of the Nizam, mosques and other historical areas. What about Bangalore is that more safe? Or Chennai?

I don't like Hyderabad because it is not clean. That is all.
I like your attitude of interacting with locals, that is the best experirnce.

Nowadays Airbnb.com has facilitated with local interaction. you stay with local folks in their houses and they guide you, more intimate. I recently did a cultural tour in a S.E Muslim nation, beautiful place and beautiful people with excellent food.
you can get different types of Biryani in India, Kerala style, Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad Bombay, Delhi etc. each unique in taste.

Kerala cuisine is easier on your tongue specially for folks who are used to bland food. Try dishes with coconut milk, puttu, appam, fish with coconut milk etc. Bangalore used to be good excellent weather but nowadays it's roads have become a giant parking lot. Avoid it. Avoid Chennai also, Hot & useless. Go to Mysore, Ooty, Elephant reserve near Ooty, Tiger server also nearby , Mangalore better.

Of course my taste are different than others, I like to enjoy local culture and art compared to beaches and resorts.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

First of all you know absolutely

And you know f*** all about South Asia ..... You Bedouin floating on oil fueled supremacy ...

Ps. This Semite crap you come out with has no real subtance. That way most Indian's are Caucosoid? Does that make them Swedish or Germans? And keep living in your oily fantasy land. Adios to you.

 

[Sargon of Akkad]

And you know f*** all about South Asia ..... You Bedouin floating on oil fueled supremacy ...

Enough to know that most of you will stick out in the Arab world, including the GCC among natives. No amount of Afro-Arabs will change that.

Comparing the achievements of my ancestors, their influence, heritage, legacy etc. with that of you Pashtuns is like comparing the legacy of Rome with that of some village in Zimbabwe. It's so hilarious that I do not know why I am even wasting my time on it. I am sorry to break this down to you but most people do not even know what a Pashtun is. That's how much weight you people carry. Now get lost.

You were saying what again?

The 2 athletes in the furthest row (the ones in the middle) are Afro-Arabs yet they appear lighter than most of your athletes.

Sri Lanka you said? Bangladesh you said? South India you said? India you said? You should have said Congo and been over with it.

Pakistani workers you said?

Saudi Arabians you said:

Shura Council Members:







I solely posted average-looking Saudi Arabians in large groups. I could have cherry-picked and found the hazel/green eyed and pale-skinned Saudi Arabians. After all KSA is the size of Western Europe with large geographical distances from North to South and West to East.

Pashtuns/Afghans you said?



You are right. In a parallel universe maybe. You see what I did?

I see your point. You won. We (native Saudi Arabians and other Arabs) look like your average South Asian and especially Southern Indian. In fact we are most closely related to Congolese people contrary to all genetic tests that link us to other Middle Eastern people and Southern Europeans. Contrary to what Western anthropologists concluded themselves at the height of racism as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabid_race

"The Arabid race was distinguished from the West-Mediterranean race by some minor characteristic facial traits. These include almond-shaped eyes, very dark hair color, the Semitic smile (conditioned by unusually deep Fossa canina), untanned skin color tending to a pale olive, and often but not always a narrow or a broad aquiline nose.

This physical type had in earlier times a broader-formed Syrid subtype, which was found among the farmers of the Fertile Crescent."

Here you have some DNA (genetics). I don't expect you to know what that is let alone how to read it but nevertheless here it is.



My entire life so far has been a lie. I am completely devastated, lol.

But, but let me post some photos of mostly Afro-Arabs and link people native to Western Asia to Southern India. Next time we should link you Pashtuns to West Asia despite you having hardly anything to do with that region of the world. You have more in common with the average Indian/South Asian (that you despise so much) genetically than you have with people from West Asia. That is a fact that you should come to terms with instead of bothering me with your inferiority complexes.

P.S: Sorry to all Pashtuns, especially the sane ones, but this individual has some personal problems so I have to reply in kind as he understands no other language.

To everyone reading this post and thinking, what the hell is this guy even discussing, it's due to me initially writing that the average Arab would look apart in South Indian and anywhere in South Asia in generally as a tourist. Skin color was secondary here. However since this 50 something year old Pashtun is obsessed with Arabs, he started an entire discussion on topics that he has no clue about and by using specific Afro-Arabs to prove his point. Despite me and a few other Arabs having a similar discussion 1 year ago or so where he was embarrassed. I would not even bother countering him but since he has been trying to get my attention a few times already, I had to act somehow.

I don't like Hyderabad because it is not clean. That is all.
I like your attitude of interacting with locals, that is the best experirnce.

Nowadays Airbnb.com has facilitated with local interaction. you stay with local folks in their houses and they guide you, more intimate. I recently did a cultural tour in a S.E Muslim nation, beautiful place and beautiful people with excellent food.
you can get different types of Biryani in India, Kerala style, Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad Bombay, Delhi etc. each unique in taste.

Kerala cuisine is easier on your tongue specially for folks who are used to bland food. Try dishes with coconut milk, puttu, appam, fish with coconut milk etc. Bangalore used to be good excellent weather but nowadays it's roads have become a giant parking lot. Avoid it. Avoid Chennai also, Hot & useless. Go to Mysore, Ooty, Elephant reserve near Ooty, Tiger server also nearby , Mangalore better.

Of course my taste are different than others, I like to enjoy local culture and art compared to beaches and resorts.

Sorry I had to deal with a mentally challenged person above as you can see. Information noticed and appreciated.

 

[livingdead]

I am able to distinguish between trolling and genuine information. Trust me. I am an fairly experienced traveller however I have zero experience when it comes to travel in South Asia.

As written earlier, I know several people who have visited India. However I do not know anyone who has travelled in India without a guide and without staying at a resort. My "perfect" trip, as written earlier, would be a combination of staying at some resort for 1 week (10 days max) and spending the remaining 2 weeks on travel inside India. The kind of travel where you are more independent and thus not dependent on tourist groups or guides. That kind of travel where you have a bigger chance of encountering locals and maybe staying at their place for some hours or a night. You know a more authentic type of travel. I do know that Southern India is nowhere (probably) as developed as say France when it comes to having a widespread tourism sector (cities and countryside included) and infrastructure overall. However that won't be a problem for me as long as the alternatives are acceptable and not too dangerous/risky. I am not going to risk my life/health/wealth/safety of family/friends in other words.

If I stayed in some resort in Kerala or Goa throughout those 3 weeks or so I would not be able to see all the things that I would like to see. Similarly with tour guides. They usually only take you to specific locations and you are not really allowed to venture out on your own or in smaller groups. You have a limited time schedule to follow as well so even if you could it would all be very quick.

Well, I am sure that South India is a lot safer than those countries but since I only know what I have been told by others (Indians as Arabs) and I am yet to visit, I wanted to hear from natives and maybe, just maybe, there would be an Indian here who could answer my questions or better, someone who works in the tourism sector in Southern India or knows somebody who does.



Thank you for your very useful reply.

When I hear such news I doubt whether it is safe for Arabs to travel.

Yes, the reason why I am (for now) only interested in visiting South India is due to the positives I have heard and because most Indians that I know (if not all) are from Southern India. Most Indians in the GCC are from South India, in particular Kerala. Arabs also have very long ties to that area of India among many others. Also it does not hurt that it is one of the most famous areas of India to visit as a tourist.

However I am disappointed about you saying that I should not visit Hyderabad. I have 2 good Indian friends (Muslim) who are from Hyderabad and they have told me many times that I should visit. There is also a Yemeni quarter/neighborhood in Hyderabad and I would like to try an authentic Hyderabadi Biryani too. Also the palaces of the Nizam, mosques and other historical areas. What about Bangalore is that more safe? Or Chennai?



I would never visit that insane communist country. Do you know about their regime's close cooperation with a few certain countries in the region and the Russians? If I am not wrong they support Assad too. However I will watch the video. Never knew about it.

As for Arab communities in India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabs_in_India

Arabs (and other Semites) settled in quite significant numbers (since pre-Islamic times) in many areas of India. In particular Kerala if I am not wrong. But that is so long ago that they have been absorbed and I doubt that you would notice unless by surname. Same story with people of South Asian origin in Arabia. Now absorbed. I mean not the current community but the one that came long before the current one.

Same story with the Sri Lankan Moors. I was quite surprised to learn about all this when I first realized this many years ago. I actually one day wondered why the first mosques outside of the Arabian Peninsula were built in Southern India of all places. This lead to many other topics.

I know that we are everywhere on the planet but I think that NK might be one of the few exceptions for obvious reasons. Especially Saudi Arabians. Maybe some convinced Arab commies have relocated and intermarried with locals.

As for work permit and visa to both those countries, I honestly have no idea about this.

if you are travelling alone, you can surely handle it man.. you seem to be a seasoned traveller... it will be a crime to go to India and sticking to resorts.. unless you are blue eyed blonde nordic lass, you will return unmolested.
Hyderabad is not bad, not sure why that user is advising against it.

The main danger in India are food(you should be careful what you eat), and scammers/thiefs. Its a poor country, people will try to be pushy, and sell you or steal money from you. Stand your ground without being confrontational.
May be you should go to goa first and relax a few days, that will give you a gentler introduction to India.
Just observe the other foreigners how they go about.. (but dont be like israeli or russian)....

You dont have to go to some hinterland to feel authentic India, in the same area you will see local tourists travelling, without staying in expensive resorts. The reason why I would advice not going off too much outside urban centers(or well known tourist places) is you may not get a place to stay, nobody will understand you and some places could be dangerous.
And yes, take the train to travel between cities or to any tourist place, its the best way to know India... stick to 2nd AC or 3rd AC class.

 

[Azad-Kashmiri]

As for tourists visiting Pakistan, those are rare in general (regardless where they are traveling from), and most Arab states advice people not to travel to Pakistan due to the security situation and because a few governments have had problems with Arabs traveling to Pakistan in order to go to Afghanistan to fight. This is almost never happening today but during the Afghan-Soviet War for instance and until 9/11 and a few years after that, it was more common. Although we are not talking about more than a few thousand people at most out of a population of 450 million.

This is paragraph is important and previous one about your features is nonsensical. You might be questioned by the authorities, as you've rightly pointed of Arab Mujahadeen involvements in the past. And AQ, ISIS are Arab orgranizations and that is a concern here Take my word for it the awam can't careless if you're an Arab. Infact, if you are a practising and good Muslim they'll worship the ground you walk on, because they see Arabs as descendants of as'shaab radi'Allahu anhum. If Arabs come to Pakistan for that ''purpose'' as they seek in Lubnan then I say go to Hindustan; people here will skin you alive! What you find on PDF, most are not even Pakistanis and pretending to be. People love Arab Muslims.

Anyway I saw a documentary recently of that Brit (Levinson or something along those lines) walking across the Himalayas and he visited Gilgat and crossed into Kashmir. Here it was told that not even Pakistanis from other regions visit certain regions in Gilgat due to Taliban having roomed there (some 11 mountaineers were beheaded by Taliban apparently) and general uncertainty. There was an empty hotel waiting for tourists but nobody visited, not even locals. It was a BBC documentary.

This man Levinson is talking nonsense. ''We''/I don't go there because its a Ismaeeli/shia area. I don't know how the Aga-Khan people will receive me.

Anyway it was not my intention or wish to turn this into a Pakistani-Indian pissing contest, lol. You guys did that yourself. I was solely interested in asking a few questions here.

In conclusion, go to Hindustan!

 

[Maira La]

@Sargon of Akkad @Kaptaan

I haven't followed much of your conversation - so don't know if this is out of context.. but I've seen Sargon talk of 'lighter/whiter' Arabs with a tint of arrogance.

See this map. Most of the people of the Arabian Peninsula are darker than the average Pakistani. Need I say more? A handful of pictures prove nothing about the "average guy".

Not trying to sound racist - we're as dark as it gets. And nothing wrong with being darker. Just getting the facts out. =)

 

[Sargon of Akkad]

@Sargon of Akkad @Kaptaan

I haven't followed much of your conversation - so don't know if this is out of context.. but I've seen Sargon talk of 'lighter/whiter' Arabs with a tint of arrogance.

See this map. Most of the people of the Arabian Peninsula are darker than the average Pakistani. Need I say more? A handful of pictures prove nothing about the "average guy".

Not trying to sounds racist against Arabs. Nothing wrong with being darker. Just getting the facts out. =)

No, they are not. The discussion did not concern people of the Arabian Peninsula or Pakistan but Arabs as a whole and South Asians as a whole.

This map is useless (if not completely worthless) and dates from 1940. Are you going to tell me that the average Yemeni looks like the average person from the Ivory Coast and Togo and that Senegalese have the same skin color as people in half of Arabia and half of Iran?

Dude, Arabs, particularly those in the GCC, know how the average South Asian looks like as we host millions of all you from all corners of the Indian Continent. You are darker by average (nothing wrong with that) and I highly doubt that any objective person would say otherwise.

Sri Lankan Olympic Team:



Dude the only darker Arabs are Afro-Arabs and they are not ethnically Arabs. Even the darkest Yemeni Arabs are lighter than those people.

Also I never said anything about "light-skinned" Arabs so I do not know what you are talking about honestly, lol. I don't find pale/light/blond/blue eyed persons attractive rather the opposite. Arabs do not consume lightening creams or have any inferiority complexes. We are proud of our olive skin (majority) tone.

And YES and Arab tourist will look apart in South India and most of South Asia. As will an South Asian tourist in say an isolated mountain village in Hijaz. The skin tone is secondary here as I already wrote. Some Arabs will resemble South Asians and vice versa but Arabs by large do not have the same facial features as you South Asians or look like you. This is completely normal considering geography. Genetics, history etc. also confirm this. We live/are native to West Asia and North Africa. Not South Asia.

However yes we look more alike than East Asians, South East Asians, Africans and most Europeans. However the discussion was about whether Arabs would blend it without a problem. Most would not.

It is not really that hard to understand.

 

[Indika]

Enough to know that most of you will stick out in the Arab world, including the GCC among natives. No amount of Afro-Arabs will change that.

Comparing the achievements of my ancestors, their influence, heritage, legacy etc. with that of you Pashtuns is like comparing the legacy of Rome with that of some village in Zimbabwe. It's so hilarious that I do not know why I am even wasting my time on it. I am sorry to break this down to you but most people do not even know what a Pashtun is. That's how much weight you people carry. Now get lost.

You were saying what again?

The 2 athletes in the furthest row (the ones in the middle) are Afro-Arabs yet they appear lighter than most of your athletes.

Sri Lanka you said? Bangladesh you said? South India you said? India you said? You should have said Congo and been over with it.

Pakistani workers you said?

Saudi Arabians you said:

Shura Council Members:







I solely posted average-looking Saudi Arabians in large groups. I could have cherry-picked and found the hazel/green eyed and pale-skinned Saudi Arabians. After all KSA is the size of Western Europe with large geographical distances from North to South and West to East.

Pashtuns/Afghans you said?



You are right. In a parallel universe maybe. You see what I did?

I see your point. You won. We (native Saudi Arabians and other Arabs) look like your average South Asian and especially Southern Indian. In fact we are most closely related to Congolese people contrary to all genetic tests that link us to other Middle Eastern people and Southern Europeans. Contrary to what Western anthropologists concluded themselves at the height of racism as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabid_race

"The Arabid race was distinguished from the West-Mediterranean race by some minor characteristic facial traits. These include almond-shaped eyes, very dark hair color, the Semitic smile (conditioned by unusually deep Fossa canina), untanned skin color tending to a pale olive, and often but not always a narrow or a broad aquiline nose.

This physical type had in earlier times a broader-formed Syrid subtype, which was found among the farmers of the Fertile Crescent."

Here you have some DNA (genetics). I don't expect you to know what that is let alone how to read it but nevertheless here it is.



My entire life so far has been a lie. I am completely devastated, lol.

But, but let me post some photos of mostly Afro-Arabs and link people native to Western Asia to Southern India. Next time we should link you Pashtuns to West Asia despite you having hardly anything to do with that region of the world. You have more in common with the average Indian/South Asian (that you despise so much) genetically than you have with people from West Asia. That is a fact that you should come to terms with instead of bothering me with your inferiority complexes.

P.S: Sorry to all Pashtuns, especially the sane ones, but this individual has some personal problems so I have to reply in kind as he understands no other language.

To everyone reading this post and thinking, what the hell is this guy even discussing, it's due to me initially writing that the average Arab would look apart in South Indian and anywhere in South Asia in generally as a tourist. Skin color was secondary here. However since this 50 something year old Pashtun is obsessed with Arabs, he started an entire discussion on topics that he has no clue about and by using specific Afro-Arabs to prove his point. Despite me and a few other Arabs having a similar discussion 1 year ago or so where he was embarrassed. I would not even bother countering him but since he has been trying to get my attention a few times already, I had to act somehow.



Sorry I had to deal with a mentally challenged person above as you can see. Information noticed and appreciated.

Dude there is a button called ignore for this very purpose. Why dont you just respond only to constructive comments?
More you reply to them worse it becomes.

 

[Maira La]

This map is useless (if not completely worthless) and dates from 1940.

Oh my, how humans have evolved in 70 years..

Are you going to tell me that the average Yemeni looks like the average person from the Ivory Coast and Togo and that Senegalese have the same skin color as people in half of Arabia and half of Iran?

Critical thinking is not one of your forte, is it? It doesn't take a genius to figure out the colors in this map reflects those of the natives.

Blacks are migrants to Senegal, not native there.

Are you colorblind by any chance? Most of Ivory Coast is colored darker than Yemen. Only the North is (probably) the same color.

I've known dozens (or more) Yemenis. Wouldn't be surprised if Northern Ivory coast people bore the same color. :p

Dude, Arabs, particularly those in the GCC, know how the average South Asian looks like as we host millions of all you from all corners of the Indian Continent. You are darker by average (nothing wrong with that) and I highly doubt that any objective person would say otherwise.

No doubt we Bangalis are.

But thinking of South Asia as one big monolithic block just because that marks the extent of the erstwhile British Raj is theoretically absurd. We're a very divergent group of people brought together by the might of gunpowder.

But I guess we can agree, just to set the record straight, that the Pakistanis are lighter and the peninsular Indians (including us) are darker than you guys.

 

[Post Colonnial]

Is it safe for Arab/ME tourists to visit India? Will people attack you because you are an Arab and Muslim?

that is a silly question but I can understand you asking it in view of the crime reported. There are whole neighborhoods where Arabs come and stay in Mumbai for long duration to get medical treatment. Then there are hotels of all classes where Arabs come to enjoy vacations where they they can mix western and oriental pursuits, culture, food etc. India has the second largest muslim population in the world (or a very close third).

In all major airports in the country special sections/facilitations exist for enabling muslims to make the haj pilgrimage. India is one of the few countries that actually pays muslim pilgrims to enable making the haj! That should tell you how tolerance and diversity works in India.

Pakistanis in this site ofcourse cannot say anything good about India due to their identity crisis and continued failure as a nation. So hopefully you know enough to ignore their remarks. As to safety of muslims just look at the numbers: hundred times more muslims are killed in Pakisrtan every year than in India !

 

[Sky lord]

To the Indian members commenting in this thread. Have you ever met Arab, other Middle Eastern, European or East Asian tourists in person? I mean do you encounter tourists in your day-to-day dealings? Do most tourists that are visiting India sticking to resorts?

There are Arabic restaurants in kochi, Kerala that are frequented by Arabs. I once walked into one where almost every single table was taken by Arabs.

They were not rich looking...very middle class...but they were wearing that Long white shirt and the headress typical of ME. I have no idea why they were there....did not look like tourists....there were no women...some kind of business must be.

 

[Nilgiri]

The Indian authorities should do everything in their power to prevent similar unfortunate incidents from occurring again as Arabs traveling to South Asia (India mainly) are usually very wealthy and a good business for the local tourism sector. Such instances might also scare them away.

The Indian authorities should not forget about the huge number of wealthy Arab tourists and the sheer number of Arabs (450 million - a number that will increase significantly btw). In the future the enormous Arab middle class will become wealthier and they might choose to pick India (which is not located that far away) as their tourist destination more often.

We are working on it bro....India is large and still poor country that is developing still and will be for long time.

All tourists get targetted quite equally esp if they stand out (i.e say they are not from Bangladesh etc) in certain areas.

This even happens in much more wealthy developing countries like Malaysia etc (in fact in KL when my dad was working there, there were very well known areas where motorbike snatch thieves operated very frequently and casually that all kinds of nicknames were given to those streets and areas).

We definitely appreciate Arab tourists to come visit India and must work to improve security for all tourists regardless of where they come from since these crime gangs and thugs know no decency or scruples. Common Indians also suffer a lot from the crime and stealing etc....

Arab Tourists must be properly educated and warned of the risks and which areas to avoid if possible. I think KSA and India govt can work together to streamline this better so the information reaches the people interested in visiting India effectively.

From our end it will take time to clamp down on these issues 100% given India size and resource availability.

Hope you understand.

 

[Sargon of Akkad]

Oh my, how humans have evolved in 70 years..



Critical thinking is not one of your forte, is it? It doesn't take a genius to figure out the colors in this map reflects those of the natives.

Blacks are migrants to Senegal, not native there.

Are you colorblind by any chance? Most of Ivory Coast is colored darker than Yemen. Only the North is (probably) the same color.

I've known dozens (or more) Yemenis. Wouldn't be surprised if Northern Ivory coast people bore the same color. :p



No doubt we Bangalis are.

But thinking of South Asia as one big monolithic block just because the British ruled over it is fallacious. We're a divergent group of people brought together by the might of gunpowder.

But I guess we can agree, just to set the record straight, that the Pakistanis are lighter and the peninsular Indians (including us) are darker than you guys.

You are not serious are you? So some random map made by God knows who in 1940 (!) has now become your Holy Grail? It even defies logic and common sense.

What are you blabbering about? Blacks are native to Senegal. As they are in all areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.

This is a random photo of Senegalese in Dakar (the capital of Senegal).



Are you really going to argue that those people have the same skin tone as people of Arabia and Iran?

What about Yemenis having the same skin tone as people from the Ivory Coast and Togo?

Ivory Coast:



Togo:



Your average native Arab Yemeni (Yemen has the highest concentration of non-native Afro-Arabs):



You are drunk.

I never said anything about South Asians all looking the same (I am not an idiot) but I was talking about the average of both populations (Arab world and South Asia) excluding the Afro-Arabs who are not native to the Arab world.

Likewise the Arabian Peninsula is almost the size of South Asia as a whole. It is a very diverse region of the world located between Europe, remaining Asia and Africa.

Fact of the matter here is that an Arab tourist WILL look apart in South India 99% of the time. If not always as even the Afro-Arabs look completely different than the natives.

 

[Nilgiri]

Let us say that I wanted to visit South India, for instance Kerala, would I be looked at as a potential target for gangs trying to rob me or some anti-Muslims if they could spot that I was an Arab?

Kerala is much safer. Also goes for most of South India in general. I would advise you to add TN to your itinerary as well. Can ask @Spring Onion about her experience with South India compared to North (generallly South is more safe for tourists on the whole).

When you visit any major city, do not flaunt your wealth and try to avoid the crowds and dress simply and carry as little hard cash as you can....leave your passport at the hotel in the safe or with the desk etc...

99.9% of indians are not criminals/shifty crooks so do not worry too much and enjoy your trip....but take the precautions for the 0.01% which do add up to be a lot of people given India's population size and density.

 

[Maira La]

You are not serious are you? So some random map made by God knows who in 1940 (!) has now become your Holy Grail? It even defies logic and common sense.

What are you blabbering about? Blacks are native to Senegal. As they are in all areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.

This is a random photo of Senegalese in Dakar (the capital of Senegal).



Are you really going to argue that those people have the same skin tone as people of Arabia and Iran?

What about Yemenis having the same skin tone as people from the Ivory Coast and Togo?

Ivory Coast:



Togo:



Your average native Arab Yemeni (Yemen has the highest concentration of non-native Afro-Arabs):



You are drunk.

My apologies Sargon, don't know why but I read "Suriname" instead of "Senegal".

Anyways, Senegal is colored very dark in the map. So no, nothing you said contradicts the map.