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Burkini banned in Tripoli
29-6-2017
Al Akhbar highlighted today the ban of Noura Zaim from swimming at the Mira Mar Resort Hotel and Spa in Tripoli for wearing the full-body burkini. The story sparked wide controversy which turned into a case of public opinion similar to the one instigated in some European countries, as if the discrimination bug has reached Lebanon, Al Akhbar sarcastically wrote. Viewpoints and attitudes on the issue were divided on the social media. While some supported the resort’s action as being subject to the owner’s position, others condemned it for contradicting the principles of equality and violating personal freedom. They further described it as a racist practice against ‘muhajabat’ (veiled women), comparable to the veto on the entry of domestic workers or brown-skin people to the majority of beaches in the country. Moreover, some expressed their denunciation of such measures for being enforced on ‘public spaces’ where the law clearly guarantees free access to public beaches. Al Akhbar said that in the midst of this mayhem, the government shies away from effecting the law. The minister of tourism has refrained from commenting on the matter, while the president of the owners of beach resorts backed the action taken by Mira Mar, which he maintained, has the right to impose its own system that conforms to the backgrounds and temperaments of its customers, Al Akhbar said. For his part, former minister of interior, Ziad Barud, voiced his objection to the way private institutions are enforcing their own private rules, stating that they have no right to force a dress code on people, except inside halls that fall within private property and outside public spaces. (Al Akhbar, June 29, 2017)
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