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Islamic bathing suits make huge sales in Egypt | |||
2010-07-16 | |||
[Al Arabiya Latest] Chinese-imported Islamic bathing suits invaded the Egyptian market since the beginning of the summer amidst protests by clerics who argued it is in violation of the teachings of Islam.
As the numbers of buyers remarkably increased, Islamic bathing suits went from dark to bright colors and included vibrant patterns similar to ones printed on their regular counterparts. Contrary to what happened in the past few years, unveiled women are starting to buy Islamic bathing suits due to increased harassment incidents in several beaches, said store owner Sabry Mourad. "Bikinis and one-piece bathing suits are unacceptable in several places and girls wearing them are sometimes molested, so they find it much safer to wear bathing suits that cover the whole body," he told Al Arabiya.
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Posted by:Fred |
#14 See also ISRAEL NN > EGYPTIAN WOMEN LOSING GROUND, TAKE REFUGE IN TRADITION. RURAL EGYPTIAN WOMEN aged 15-29 suffer times worse from high unemployment + illiteracy rates than their URBAN = CITY SISTERS, + ALL SUFFER RELATIVE TO EGYPTIAN MALES IN GENERAL. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-16 21:41 |
#13 I had a (female) friend who preferred to shovel out the chicken coop topless. Never say never. |
Posted by: KBK 2010-07-16 20:24 |
#12 "they'll never have to worry about skin cancer" Not necessarily, Ebbang. My maternal grandmother had skin cancer on her back (luckily not serious) in the 1960's. I guaran-damn-tee you she never had the sun on her back, even as a child. (She grew up in the mountains, and was married in 1905, back when a lady didn't do stuff like sunbathing. And she never went to the beach, hundreds of miles away.) I wouldn't have been surprised if it were on her face or arms, which had gotten plenty of sun through the years. (She grew up on a farm, and had a large garden and hung the wash outside most of my life.) |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-16 19:38 |
#11 Made me think of the old Wendy's commercial |
Posted by: Beavis 2010-07-16 18:08 |
#10 Cuts down on the bill for sun screen and they'll never have to worry about skin cancer. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-07-16 17:51 |
#9 Slut! Filthy ankle baiting slut! Beaches are un-islamic! |
Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-07-16 14:24 |
#8 "Islamic bathing suits" What the hell is the point? You're not preventing the Vitamin D deficiency so many of them have, you can't go swimming (ever go in the water fully clothed? It weighs you down and feels like crap), and you're hot as hell. Besides, the slut is showing her ankles. And her face. She's cruisin' for a bruisin'. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-16 14:17 |
#7 Looks hot..........NO I MEAN HOT.... |
Posted by: armyguy 2010-07-16 13:25 |
#6 Wasn't she in that last scene from Woody Allen's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know ..." |
Posted by: lex 2010-07-16 09:55 |
#5 That's an old pic from the R-burg archives. I found that in an old on-line catalog a few years back when, as it turns out, the subject was islamic bathing suits. Seafarious snickered at the time, which was (of course) good enough for me. I honestly thought Fred had culled the pic from our current list but I was happy to see that it's still there. |
Posted by: Steve White 2010-07-16 09:38 |
#4 fatwa! Patterns are unIslamic |
Posted by: Frank G 2010-07-16 08:45 |
#3 I think the lady is demonstrating that the chaises lounge comes in two patterns. |
Posted by: HammerHead 2010-07-16 08:14 |
#2 Is that a bathing suit or a bee suit? |
Posted by: JFM 2010-07-16 06:11 |
#1 Shh, they are just re-label BBQ covers! |
Posted by: gorb 2010-07-16 00:43 |