Turkish Pop Star Gulsen Colakoglu Jailed Over Joke about Religious Schools on Charges of "Inciting Hatred and Enmity"
New
Age Islam News Bureau
27
August 2022
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Nadia Khan, British-Pakistani Footballer, Glad to Represent Pakistan in the
SAFF Women Cup
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Emirati, Roqayah Husain Ali Ramadan, Female Paramedic Says Saving Lives Is Her
Biggest Reward
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Taliban Restricts Female Students to Leave Kabul for Studies in another
Atrocious Move
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Muslim Countries Must Be Leading Voices on Afghan Women's Rights, US Envoy Says
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Emirati Women's Day: Abu Dhabi Firm To Host Workshop In Rwanda For Young Female
Professionals
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Pakistani City's Decision to Close Women's Park Following Islamist Protests
Sparks Uproar
•
French Tourists Refuse to ‘Share’ Pool with Woman in Burkini in Morocco
•
Emirati Women Now Comprise 95 Per Cent of Female Employees at Al Ain Zoo
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Turkish
Pop Star Gulsen Colakoglu Jailed Over Joke about Religious Schools on Charges
Of "Inciting Hatred And Enmity"
Gulsen
has previously been targeted by Turkish conservative groups for her revealing
stage outfits and support for the LGBTQ community.
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Aug
26, 2022
ANKARA:
Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of "inciting hatred
and enmity" over a joke she made about Turkey's religious schools, the
country's state-run news agency reported. The 46-year-old singer and
songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, was taken away for questioning
from her home in Istanbul and was formally arrested late on Thursday before
being taken to a prison pending her trial.
The
arrest sparked outrage on social media. Government critics said the move was an
effort by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to consolidate his religious and
conservative support base ahead of elections in 10 months' time.
The
charges were based on a joke Gulsen made during a concert in Istanbul back in
April when she quipped that one of her musicians' "perversion"
stemmed from the fact that he went to a religious school.
A
video of the singer making the comments began circulating on social media
recently, with a hashtag calling for her arrest.
Gulsen
- who had already been the target of Islamic circles for her revealing stage
outfits - issued an apology for the offense caused but said her comments were
seized on by those wanting to deepen polarisation in the country.
During
her questioning, Gulsen rejected accusations that she incited hatred and
enmity, telling court authorities that she had "endless respect for the
values and sensitivities of my country", the state-run Anadolu Agency
reported.
A
request that she be released from custody pending the outcome of a trial was
rejected.
Kemal
Kilicdaroglu, leader of Turkey's main opposition party called on Turkey's
judges and prosecutors to release Gulsen.
"Don't
betray the law and justice; release the artist now!" he wrote on Twitter.
The
spokesman for Erdogan ruling party, Omer Celik, appeared however, to defend the
decision to arrest the singer, saying "inciting hatred is not an art
form".
"Targeting
a segment of society with the allegation of perversion and trying to polarise
Turkey is a hate crime and a disgrace to humanity," Celik tweeted.
Erdogan
and many members of his Islam-based ruling party are graduates of religious
schools, which were originally established to train imams.
The
number of religious schools has increased under Erdogan, who has promised to
raise a "pious generation".
Source:
Times Of India
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Nadia
Khan, British-Pakistani Footballer, Glad To Represent Pakistan In The SAFF
Women Cup
Nadia
Khan, the British-Pakistani footballer. Photo provided by reporter.
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Aug
27 2022
Faizan
Lakhani
KARACHI:
Nadia Khan, the British-Pakistani footballer who is selected for Pakistan’s
women football team to play in the SAFF Women Cup, said she feels proud to
represent Pakistan and can’t wait to be with her teammates.
Nadia
is based in Leeds, UK, and plays for Doncaster Rovers Belles. She was named by
the Pakistan Football Federation in the 23-member squad for the SAFF
championship to be played in Nepal from 6th September.
The
21-year-old midfielder will soon fly to Kathmandu where she’ll join the squad
led by Maria Khan for her debut international event in Pakistan colours.
In
an exclusive interview with Geo News, Nadia spoke about her journey, her
thoughts on being picked for Pakistan and her aims for the future.
“My
family and I are so proud for me to represent Pakistan in the upcoming
tournament and I'm so excited and can't wait to be with my teammates and have a
great time. It's a whole different experience. I can't wait to be over there
playing and representing Pakistan,” she added.
“I
think playing at an international level like that, will help attract British
South Asian girls to join football and play, any sports even. But I'm so happy
and so proud to be representing Pakistan,” Nadia highlighted.
Nadia
Khan began her football career at the Leeds United regional talent centre and
was signed by Doncaster Rovers in 2017 when she joined the development side.
In
2018, she joined her teammates in moving to the first team to compete in the FA
Women's Northern Premier Division.
However,
she has set her eyes on playing in the Women Super League.
“My
ambitions have always been high in football. And, I believe that one day I will
be playing for a team InshaAllah in the WSL. I hope to continue playing at
international level and for Pakistan, and see where the future takes me and
what the future holds,” Khan said.
Khan
said she fell in love with football when she was 11 or 12, watching Neymar and
Ronaldo attracted her to play the game herself.
She
also highlighted how her family, originally from Pakistan, helped her in her
football career.
Nadia
became eligible to play for Pakistan due to her parents’ heritage.
“I
probably fell in love with football at the age of around 11 or 12, when my
older brother taught me how to play football in the garden, and then watching
on YouTube, the likes of Neymar, Ronaldo watching how they played football, the
fantasy side of football and their different skills and tricks. I think that
helped me gain interest into that side and attracted me to play football
myself,” she recalled when asked about how she started playing Football.
“My
family have always been supportive of me playing football at this level. I
think it's clear to see when my dad takes me to every single training session,
and my mom takes me to every single match. And that support has helped me to
fall in love with football even more. And I'm grateful and blessed to have my
family supporting me, and proud of my achievements academically and in sports,”
she concluded.
Source:
Geo TV
https://www.geo.tv/latest/436296-nadia-khan-british-pakistani-footballer-glad-to-represent-pakistan
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Emirati,
Roqayah Husain Ali Ramadan, Female Paramedic Says Saving Lives Is Her Biggest
Reward
August
26, 2022
Abu
Dhabi: Emirati Roqayah Husain Ali Ramadan has been working as an emergency
medical paramedic for the past four years. She said it has always been both
fulfilling and rewarding to safely transport patients to the hospital.
Roqayah
joined the UAE Paramedic Programme and graduated with a specialisation in first
aid. After completing her initial training period, she went on to serve as an
Emergency Medical Paramedic at the Civil Defence Authority.
Her
work requires her to remain on standby and always be ready to receive and
attend to emergency reports. She is also tasked to assess the situation and
take into consideration all risks related to any incident.
Service
to country
She
believes her work as an emergency medical paramedic is her prime duty to serve
her beloved country, the UAE.
She
said: “It is fulfilling and rewarding to safely transport patients to the
hospital. It is a wonderful feeling when you save a life or when we are met
with prayers from the patients’ family at the hospital.”
Roqayah
added: “Being an Emirati woman and working in such a profession is seen as a
huge challenge. As an Emirati woman I am proud of myself for overcoming this
challenge and serving in this field.”
She
also noted the UAE leadership’s support to Emirati women has always played a
key role in her success, affirming that their endless support and trust have
enabled her to achieve her current position within the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence
Authority.
Source:
Gulf News
https://gulfnews.com/uae/emirati-female-paramedic-says-saving-lives-is-her-biggest-reward-1.90138054
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Taliban
restricts female students to leave Kabul for studies in another atrocious move
Aug
27, 2022
KABUL:
The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) has refused to allow female
students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar,
reported Sputnik citing sources.
Both
female and male students were planning to leave Kabul, but only male students
were permitted to fly out of Afghanistan for studies, the sources said on
Friday.
After
the withdrawal of US troops from the country and the collapse of the US-backed
government, an interim Afghan government led by the Taliban came to power in
September 2021.
The
Taliban has banned Afghan women from working outside their homes and has
introduced gender-based segregation in schools. Girls are not allowed to
receive education beyond sixth grade.
Moreover,
the Taliban has forced all women to cover their faces while in public and women
are not allowed to participate in entertainment activities and visit parks at
the same time as men.
After
the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021 and imposed policies severely
restricting basic rights--particularly those of women and girls. Taliban
decrees prohibit women from travelling unless accompanied by a male relative
and require women's faces to be covered in public--including women TV
newscasters.
Moreover,
the Taliban dismantled the system to respond to gender-based violence, created
new barriers to women accessing health care, blocked women's aid workers from
doing their jobs, and attacked women's rights protesters.
Since
they took control of the country in August 2021, the Taliban have violated
women's and girls' rights to education, work and free movement and decimated
the system of protection and support for those fleeing domestic violence. The
group has also detained women and girls for minor violations of discriminatory
rules and contributed to a surge in the rates of child, early and forced
marriage in Afghanistan.
Several
rights groups have called out the Taliban to implement major policy changes and
measures to uphold the rights of women and girls. The Taliban had previously
promised of an inclusive society and equality during their first press
conference after the takeover of Afghanistan, however, their actions reflect a
different picture.
There
are restrictions on movement, education and freedom of expression of women
posing a threat to their survival.
According
to locals, the Taliban has prevented women from using smartphones, and the
Women's Affairs Ministry often extorts money for providing essential
protection.
Around
80 per cent of women working in the media have lost their jobs, it said adding
that almost 18 million women in the country are struggling for health,
education and social rights.
Source:
Times Of India
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Muslim
countries must be leading voices on Afghan women's rights, US envoy says
August
26, 2022
By
Anas Alyusuf
JEDDAH
— Rina Amiri, the US Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights
called on Muslim majority countries to be the loudest voices on women’s rights
and human rights in Afghanistan.
In
an interview with Okaz/Saudi Gazette, Amiri said it is important for Saudi
Arabia to be a leading voice in countering the Taliban narrative, as the
Kingdom is the country that the Muslim world overall looks to.
“I
am Muslim. I know from my own experience and from history that Islam is the
first religion that gave women their rights. I look to Muslim countries to
engage with the Taliban, to challenge that narrative, to engage Afghans, and to
say no.”
She
said: “Islam is a religion very much aligned with human rights and with women’s
rights.”
Also,
institutions like the GCC and the OIC can show Afghans that they are not
abandoned and that their brothers and sisters in the Muslim world stand with
them and defend their rights within the framework of Islam.
The
US envoy lauded Saudi Arabia’s contribution of $30 million to the Afghanistan
Humanitarian Trust Fund that the OIC and Islamic Development Bank have established.
“We are very grateful for all the projects that are in place right now. This is
the work that we all must do together. We must give the Afghan population
support in terms of meeting basic needs.”
A
year after the Taliban takeover, she described the human rights situation in
Afghanistan as “a great tragedy”.
“We
saw that 20 years of effort and engagement in Afghanistan had resulted in a
population, particularly the women of the country, that were leaders at every
level of society, senior levels of the government, in the parliament, at the
forefront of civil society as activists, and in every profession from judges to
doctors to engineers. Overnight, the Taliban took over and the population was
stripped of every single right. It has been a real struggle because there is
such a sense of frustration for what is happening to 40 million Afghans and a
desire to help them all at the same time because of the measures that the
Taliban themselves have taken.”
The
US special envoy said the situation has only gotten worse. “Since March 23,
there have been at least 16 decrees restricting women’s and girls’ rights,
everything from preventing them to work in many sectors, to effectively banning
them from secondary education, to introducing increasingly regressive measures
in terms of the way they dress and stripping them of just about every level of
freedom, even their right to mobility,” she said.
Amiri
added: “Women feel that they have been put in prison. They have lost any sense
of hope that they may be given agency in their own futures and their capacity
to help their own country.”
She
ruled out the idea that women's rights were imposed on Afghan women from
outside. “I witnessed Afghan women themselves negotiating their rights with
their communities for twenty years. They reached out to religious authorities.
They reached out to the elder community,” the envoy said.
“As
a result of that, we have data. We have seen statistics from the last two
decades. We have seen polls. We have seen communities come out over and over
again and large percentages – over 70, 80 percent – note what they want,
particularly on education. There is no discrepancy in terms of what women and
men are saying about education. Girls and women should have the right to
education, the right to work, and the right to public participation.
“If
you look at the information, this is not just anecdotal; there are polls that
reflect this. Yes, those rights that women struggled for, the changes that were
put in place, they are embedded in the people.”
Amiri
said that the Taliban do not respect the voices of the Afghan people. "If
the Taliban continue in the direction that they are going now, where they deny
women and girls their rights, deny families a say in allowing their daughters
and wives to go to school and work, it will lead to massive migration flows out
of the country and to refugee flow. It will lead to a more impoverished
country. Ultimately, it will lead to more instability in the country. A country
stripped of its women is a country that will be radicalized. It will be a poor
country. It will be a country without hope. That is going to be not only an
enormous security risk inside of Afghanistan but a risk for the region and the
world. This is where terrorism comes from. Terrorism comes from lack of hope
and from societies that are radicalized through extreme ideologies.
“We
do see that there are Talibs that express a different perspective. Talibs that
have a more pragmatic perspective. I do not see the Taliban as black and white
but the Taliban policies do not reflect that diversity of thinking. They are
not even open to allowing Talibs that hold a different view to reflect that in
their policy," she added.
“The
policies are largely not different from [those of] the 1990s. There might have
been some progress in allowing girls to attend primary school. Beyond that, the
population that lived under the Taliban in 1990s, the people that I speak to,
what they tell me is that it is the Taliban the way it has changed in one way
is that they are strategic. But, what they note is ‘we are Afghanistan 2.0, and
they are Taliban 1.0’.”
Regarding
the US sanctions on Taliban, she said, “It is not just the US that put the
sanctions in place against Taliban. The UN also has sanctions in place. The
sanctions are triggered by the Taliban’s own actions, the decisions that the
Taliban have made and continue to make. The decisions that are not moving
Afghanistan toward a more inclusive government that will ultimately lead to
sustainable peace, an Afghanistan that respects the rights of its population.
An Afghanistan that does not once again become a sanctuary of terrorism.
“We
want the Taliban to take the steps to deliver on the commitments they have made
in the Doha agreement. While those sanctions are in place, we are invested in
making sure that it does not inject further suffering on the 40 million Afghan
people.”
The
US envoy asked the Taliban to respect the rights of the Afghan people. “We are
asking them to deliver on the commitments that they made to the Afghan people.
For the last three years, the Taliban have been reassuring Afghans and the
world that they are different than the 1990s, that they recognize that
Afghanistan is a different country, that they recognize that education is a
fundamental right in Islam. They have said that women should have the right to
work in almost every sector. They have said that they respect pluralism and
ethnic diversity in Afghanistan. Yet their policies completely contradict all
their commitments,” Amiri said.
“The
Afghan issue must be a priority because this is not just about an act of
charity. This is not just coming from a position of humanity. This is of
strategic interest. An Afghanistan where women’s rights are stripped away is an
Afghanistan that is left impoverished because 50 percent of its population
cannot work. It is an Afghanistan that will be radicalized. It is an
Afghanistan that will be a security threat. It will be a migration headache for
the rest of the world.
“It
will amplify the problems that the world is already wrapped in with. What we
need to do now is prevent the situation from going in that direction,” Amiri
said.
She
said Afghanistan remains a priority for the same reason that it has been a
priority for the last four decades. “The problems of Afghanistan will not go
away. Afghanistan will not just bleed inward. It will bleed outward and there
will be ramifications for all of us,” she said.
Amiri
admitted that certainly there are differences in the way we talk about human
rights, even on issues that we prioritize. “But, by and large, human rights are
fundamental to what each of us strive for in society. We want to protect our
children. We want to have the capacity of choice for a better future. We want
the authorities who are governing a country to respect our capacity to make our
own choices about our lives. We want to have a reason to hope and clarity and
reassurances that our families and communities have a set of rights that are
going to be respected and that will be protected. That is very basic to every
society.”
“Human
rights are not about education. Human rights are not about being of a bigger
and higher status in society. Human rights are fundamental. People make calls
on different things. They may speak different languages. But wanting your
children to have an education is a right. I traveled all over Afghanistan and
even illiterate villagers feel that it is important. They know the value of
education. They know it is the way to be lifted out of poverty.”
She
added: “We should not make this distinction that human rights are a western
concept for the educated. Human rights are even more fundamental for poor
people who are the most vulnerable.”
Source:
Saudi Gazette
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Emirati
Women's Day: Abu Dhabi firm to host workshop in Rwanda for young female
professionals
by
Ismail Sebugwaawo
26
Aug 2022
Abu
Dhabi’s future energy company – WiSER is hosting a six-day field-based workshop
in Rwanda’s Gatsibo District for young women professionals as part of
initiatives to mark the Emirati Women’s Day.
The
workshop, titled 'Rural Energy Access: Designing and Implementing Inclusive
Community Energy Systems,' has 14 participants who are interested in renewable
energy and energy access.
Through
a combination of short lectures, hands-on projects, and community interactions,
the participants will learn how to design off-grid renewable energy systems to
support and facilitate community development.
The
workshop, which will conclude on August 28, is being delivered in partnership
with the capacity-building organization Energy Action Partners.
Dr.
Lamya Fawwaz, Masdar’s Executive Director of Brand and Strategic Initiatives,
and WiSER Programme Director, said: "Our upcoming Rural Energy Access
Course is just one of many initiatives on offer to Emirati women, to inspire
them to play an active role in addressing global sustainability challenges.”
This
workshop ensures young women have hands-on xperience in rural energy access,
which can improve their understanding of the complexity of the challenges in
this critical work.
Efforts
like this workshop are intended to increase women’s active participation in the
energy sector, which has knock-on effects. Studies have shown that increased
women’s engagement expands the talent pool for the clean energy sector and
engaging women as active agents in deploying off-grid renewable energy
solutions is known to improve sustainability and gender outcomes.
Source:
Khaleej Times
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Pakistani
City's Decision To Close Women's Park Following Islamist Protests Sparks Uproar
August
26, 2022
By
Abubakar Siddique
The
Jinnah Family Park was a rare recreational area reserved for women and girls in
Pakistan's conservative northwestern city of Bannu.
But
following protests by Islamists and religious leaders, who alleged the park was
"spreading obscenity and vulgarity," authorities in the city of
around 1 million people have closed off the area.
The
decision has triggered an uproar among women, who say the move is illegal and
are calling on the authorities to fend off pressure from hard-line clerics.
Observers
say the move is part of a broader push by Islamists for Talibanization, a term
denoting growing Islamic fundamentalism in Muslim-majority Pakistan inspired by
the Taliban’s extremist rule in neighboring Afghanistan.
"This
is an inhuman and unconstitutional act," Natasha Suman, a local activist
and lawyer, told RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal.
"No
one can restrict our movement," added Suman, noting that the Pakistani
Constitution allows freedom of movement for all citizens.
Female
activists say only women, girls, and young children entered the park. Boys over
the age of 12 were not permitted. Activists also say that all female visitors
observed the hijab or all-encompassing burqa, in line with conservative Islamic
traditions.
Authorities
closed the park on August 23, two days after Islamic leaders and clerics held
protests in the city. Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets,
paralyzing parts of the city. The protests were led by Maulana Abdul Ghaffar, a
local religious leader.
The
protests came a week after photos emerged on social media of burqa-clad women
lining outside the packed Jinnah Family Park to celebrate Independence Day on
August 14, drawing the ire of conservatives.
Soon
after, Ghaffar formed a 32-member committee made up of clerics and members of
Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (JUI), an Islamist political party, to lobby authorities
to permanently close the park. The mayor of Bannu, Irfanullah Durrani, is a
member of the JUI.
Military
authorities in Bannu closed the park following talks with the committee on
August 23.
The
Jinnah Family Park is located in an army cantonment, a part of the city that is
administered by the military. The park was opened to the public several years
ago.
The
move has appalled female politicians and activists.
"We
don't want to allow anyone to take away our rights by accusing women of
spreading obscenity," says Syeda Yasmin Safdar, a member of the secular
Pakistan Peoples Party in Bannu.
Safdar
says the Jinnah Family Park was a much-needed public space for women in the
densely populated city. The park is ringed by high concrete walls topped by
barbed wire, hiding female visitors from public view.
Sadfar
says if clerics had concerns over intruders entering the premises or women at
the park being visible to the public then authorities should have addressed
those issues instead of closing off the area.
Ihtesham
Afghan, a political activist in Bannu, says the campaign to close the women's
park is part of a concerted effort by Islamists to emulate the Taliban's harsh
policies in Afghanistan.
Since
seizing power in August 2021, the Afghan Taliban has severely curtailed women’s
rights, barring teenage girls from school, barring most women from work, and
imposing restrictions on their freedom of movement.
"Whatever
happens in Afghanistan directly impacts Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," said Afghan,
referring to the northwestern Pakistani province that borders Afghanistan.
"We are afraid that Bannu is now in the crosshairs of
Talibanization."
The
park closure comes as fighters belonging to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
militant group return to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which includes Bannu, amid peace
talks with Islamabad. Parts of the province are former TTP strongholds.
The
TTP, which has close ideological and organizational ties to the Afghan Taliban,
has been waging a deadly insurgency against the Pakistani state since 2007 that
has killed tens of thousands of people.
The
TTP once controlled large swaths of the mountainous areas bordering
Afghanistan. During its brutal rule, the militants imposed their extremist
version of Islam on the local population, severely curbing freedoms and rights,
including those of women.
A
major Pakistani military offensive drove the militants across the border to
Afghanistan in 2014.
Residents
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have staged a series of protests in recent weeks to voice
their opposition to the return of TTP fighters and urge the authorities to
prevent the growing Talibanization in the province.
Source:
Gandhara
https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/pakistan-bannu-womens-park-islamist-protests/32005868.html
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French
Tourists Refuse to ‘Share’ Pool with Woman in Burkini in Morocco
Sara
Zouiten
Aug.
26, 2022
Rabat
- A Moroccan woman residing abroad has denounced the discrimination she faced
for wearing a burkini in a pool in Morocco. The Moroccan Residing Abroad (MRE),
named Salma, took to TikTok last week to vent her frustration, saying that
three French tourists - two men and a woman - took offense to her wearing a
burkini at the pool.
The
caption of the TikTok video reads: “You leave Europe and go to Morocco, a
Muslim country, to spend your holidays and feel free to wear whatever you want
… White French people calling security because they feel uncomfortable by us
wearing a burkini in the pool.” According to Salma, the incident took place in
the “Club Evasion Mirleft” in the city of Mirleft, 130 kilometers south of
Agadir.
While
Salma and her family were enjoying their time by the pool, their joy to visit
Morocco quickly shifted to bitterness after three French tourists visited the
pool and started “staring” at them and “complaining” to the lifeguard, she
said.
The
lifeguard then approached Salma and her family, “politely” asking them to leave
the pool and come back another time, she added. Stunned by the guard’s request,
Salma refused to leave.
According
to Salma, the three tourists then started screaming and making a scene at the
pool. As the MRE asked them to leave, they started taking pictures of them and
insulting them, she added.
“I
told them that if they didn’t like this, they shouldn’t come to a Muslim
country in the first place and impose their mentality in our country,” Salma
indicated.
“Disappointed”
with how the hotel staff handled the incident, Salma said that the “security
didn’t do much about that except for trying to calm them [the French tourists]
down.” While security “didn’t completely side with them, they didn’t want to
speak against them either,” she explained.
“After
seeing that we didn't want to go out, they just put their clothes on and left
the pool, because they didn’t want to ‘share the pool’ with us,” Salma
concluded.
Morocco
World News (MWN) contacted the hotel for comments. A receptionist at the hotel
told MWN that he had no idea about the incident, but stressed that “it is
nobody’s business” what the woman in question wears, “whether they are a
foreign tourist or a local one.”
He
added that the people asking the woman to exit the pool for wearing a burkini
“are the ones that need to leave, not her,” defending people’s right to wear as
they please.
The
Burkini, a head-to-toe swimsuit intended for Muslim women, was banned in
several French cities over the past years. Despite being home to the largest
Muslim population in Europe, France was the first European country to ban
burkinis in 2011.
French
authorities have strictly enforced the ban, which was extended to anyone
wearing more clothes that the country deems necessary. France’s highest court,
which suspended the wearing of burkinis in public pools, claims that the attire
goes against the country’s “principles of secularism and neutrality of public
services.”
Source:
Morocco World News
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Emirati
women now comprise 95 per cent of female employees at Al Ain Zoo
August
26, 2022
Al
Ain: With 95 per cent of its female staff being UAE nationals, Al Ain Zoo has been
one of the leading government institutions in encouraging women to take an
active role in unique fields that were rarely occupied by women in the Arab
world in previous years.
The
zoo hired the first female Emirati birds of prey trainer, animal keepers,
veterinarians, veterinary nurses, animal nutritionists, gardeners, laboratory
and anatomy technicians, tour guides, Safari guides, as well as administrative
and supervisory positions connected to wildlife preservation and animal care,
which adds up to an impressive 204 female Emirati professionals in total.
Ghanim
Mubarak Al Hajeri, Director-General of the Zoo & Aquarium Public
Institution in Al Ain, said: “Celebrating Emirati Women’s Day under the theme
’Inspiring Reality… Sustainable Future’ is a true reflection of what Emirati
women have presented since the inception of our beloved country."
She
added: "Emirati women have always been contributing in all areas of
national development, as they took an equal part in upholding the UAE’s status
and continuous efforts to reach the highest levels of success, sustainability
and advancement, under the auspices of the President His Highness Sheikh
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, the
Mother of the Nation, which set the scene for Emirati women to reach their
dreams and ambitions in becoming a source of efficiency, success and creativity
throughout the past decades.”
Source:
Gulf News
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