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Sports club refuses entry to woman for modest clothing

25 Jun 2021

Countries

Egypt

The actor of the backlash

Private Sector

The form of backlash

Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions)

Political trend

Neoliberal feminism Femonationalism/homonationalism

Rights at stake and state’s obligations

Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Freedom from discrimination

25 June 2021: A woman recounted in a video how she had been prevented from entering a sports club due to her choice of swimwear, which led to significant support online denouncing the rules of a number of resorts which have a ban on the burkini and modest clothing.

See Middle East Eye (June 2021).