An Australian designer named Aheda Zanetti has introduced the “Burkini” to give Muslim women a modest, but non-cumbersome option in beach attire. The two-piece suit features full-length pants and a hip-length long sleeved tunic with a hood that is a cross between the traditional hijab and a bathing cap. The burkini not only offers Muslim women access to new choices in leisure, but new professional opportunities as well. CNN reports that Mecca Laalaa, a 22 year old Australian woman of Arab heritage who chooses to wear a burkini has entered a ten-week training course to become a lifeguard, and plans are underway to manufacture the burkini in red and yellow, the iconic color combination of Australian lifeguards.
I wonder if a similar type of bathing suit might be adopted by members of the burgeoning "modesty movement" right here at home? Well, that's a topic for a another post!
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