Yeah so I'm currently in the Middle East and have been for the past 2 months. I've seen lots of beautiful girls but have felt restricted to approach any as it is not as openly accepted here for a man to approach and try and pick up a woman in public. Especially if it's a complete stranger (particularly if one of the two is obviously not from the same country, let alone a non-Muslim).

Anyways, there's this girl who recently started at my work (roughly 1 week) and who I have been able to build comfort with but I want to take things to the next step. I'm pretty sure there is something between us as I've been able to make her smile and laugh a lot, but I know that I have to initiate seduction and make the first few steps if I want to push things further. I would have tried to start kino if there wasn't a strict religious/cultural boundary on touching and PDA between the sexes, especially with foreigners, so I'm not sure if this is a good place to start.

My question is: how can I create attraction/seduction without offending her or making her feel uncomfortable because of the whole cultural and religious differences? How can I go to the next step?? I don wanna be stuck in the friend zone.