Almost unthinkably, Arab women who normally must wear a diving suit-like head-to-toe covering on mixed beaches can now wear bikinis on women only beaches! How liberal is that? This is happening only in Egypt where women shed their Sharia veils and undress to bikinis or one piece suits.

Welcome to “La Femme”, French for “The Woman”, in the posh resort of Marina, where women can lounge on sunbeds, tan, join in a daily belly-dance contest or breastfeed their babies shielded by barriers of palm tree branches from the prying eyes of men.

It is gated and shielded and costs $14 dollars on week days and $16 on weekends. Not suprisingly, this is causing quite a stir.

A security guard posted a few yards outside the beach club argued that such places catering to the whims of women were just another form of “decadence”.

A motorist agreed.

“These women should fear God, not men,” he said, asking why they could not keep the belly-dancing for home and family events.

How’s that for your Pavlov moment? Somewhat of a visual jihad???

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