24/08/2016
The burkini in North Africa: 'Most people don't care'
ALGIERS // The burqini may have stirred controversy in France, but on the beaches of North Africa, it has made few waves. On the coast of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, women are already wearing increasingly modest outfits - but few can afford the full-body swimsuit. In Zeralda, a seaside resort in western Algiers, few women dare to wear a swimsuit, let alone a bikini, on public beaches. Hakima, a mathematics teacher in her 40s, wears a burqini in the sea before wrapping up in a large sarong when she gets out. It's more decent, she says. The all-body swimsuit is a solution for practicing Muslim women who like the sea. Some women cover up against their will, however, like Manel Brahimi, a...
