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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 4 2006, 05:10 AM (88 Views) | |
| George K | Aug 4 2006, 05:10 AM Post #1 |
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Italian Plans Beaches for Muslim Women By Associated Press August 3, 2006 ROME — An Italian resort plans to create all-female beach sections for Muslim women wishing to shed their headscarves and long robes to enjoy the sun in privacy, officials said Thursday. Riccione, a resort town on Italy’s eastern coast, will let hotels set up partitions on the shoreline to satisfy requests from growing numbers of Arab and Muslim tourists. "Our beaches are big enough to answer this need," said Loretta Villa, Riccione’s councilwoman. "We live on tourism and we can’t survive if we don’t satisfy the requests of our customers." By making some areas off-limits to men, observant Muslim women will be able to ease up on religious restrictions to cover up if men are present, Villa said. The reserved beaches would be waited on by by waitresses and watched over by women lifeguards. The partitions will not reach into the sea as a section, Villa said. To allow Muslim women to swim without covering up in robes and headscarves, Riccione would consider building reserved seaside swimming pools, she said. |
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| John Jacob Jingoism Smith | Aug 4 2006, 05:52 AM Post #2 |
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Tangent: Recently I saw somewhere an advertising spread for Muslim beach/swimwear for women. It covered all, but surprisingly, it looked really great! It was very lightweight. I mean, props to whoever that designer was. I could picture Western women wearing it just because of how good it looked, though maybe more on the street than the beach. Another tangent- once I saw a Muslim girl in full head-to-toe traditional garb stuff herself into a wetsuit and go surfing. I felt bad for her with the burden of all those clothes, but at least her parents let her hang out with Western kids and go surfing. |
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