Lebanon bathing suit row triggers women-led beach protest
Published on: Sunday 21 May 2023
Lebanese activists protested Sunday at a beach in the coastal city of Sidon after a woman said she was harassed there over her allegedly indecent bathing suit, an AFP correspondent said.Defying a municipality ban on their demonstration, dozens of protesters, mostly women, gathered briefly in the Sunni Muslim-majority conservative city, the correspondent said."We have all come to support women's right to be in public spaces, whether in a bikini or a burkini," said Diana Moukalled, a journalist and women's rights activist.
News source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/05/lebanon-bathing-suit-row-triggers-women-led-beach-protest
