Editing Bikini (section)

==== Middle East ====

In most parts of the [[Middle East]], bikinis are either banned or are highly controversial. On March 18, 1973, when [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] magazine ''Ash-Shabaka'' printed a bikini-clad woman on the cover, they had to make a second version with only the face of the model.<ref>Noha Mellor, ''The Making of Arab News'', page 39, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, {{ISBN|978-0-7425-3819-1}}</ref> In 2011, when [[Huda Naccache]] ([[Miss Earth]] 2011) posed for the cover of ''Lilac'' (based in [[Israel]]), she became the first bikini-clad Arab model on the cover of an Arabic magazine.<ref>Amy Kaslow, "[http://fortune.com/2014/09/22/israeli-arab-women-jobs-economy/ Arab Israeli women have been hampered by a society that has accorded Arabs and women, much less Arab women, second-class status] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028185512/http://fortune.com/2014/09/22/israeli-arab-women-jobs-economy/ |date=October 28, 2014 }}", ''Fortune'', September 22, 2014</ref><ref>Shatha Yaish, "[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arab-israeli-model-huda-naccache-makes-history-with-bikini-shoot/story-e6frg6n6-1226164166847?nk=877dc7afd90db22caf5327f021337eb3 Itsy bitsy teen weeny Arab bikini revolution] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618064718/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arab-israeli-model-huda-naccache-makes-history-with-bikini-shoot/story-e6frg6n6-1226164166847?nk=877dc7afd90db22caf5327f021337eb3 |date=June 18, 2016 }}", ''The Australian'', October 12, 2011</ref><ref>Pierre Klochendler, "[http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/arab-magazine-challenges-attitudes-about-arab-women/ Arab Magazine Challenges Attitudes About Arab Women] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028175102/http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/arab-magazine-challenges-attitudes-about-arab-women/ |date=October 28, 2014 }}", ''IPSNews'', May 17, 2013</ref> [[Lebanese-Australian]] fashion designer [[Aheda Zanetti]] created the "[[burkini]]" as a modest option to the bikini, which has become very popular among Muslims.<ref>Hafsa Lodi, [https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/fashion/the-rise-of-the-burkini-how-the-modest-swimwear-has-gone-global-1.921794 The rise of the burkini: how the modest swimwear has gone global] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730063026/https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/fashion/the-rise-of-the-burkini-how-the-modest-swimwear-has-gone-global-1.921794 |date=July 30, 2020 }}, ''The National'', Oct 10, 2019</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2024|reason=Source does not mention the bikini and does not assess the burkini's degree of popularity among Muslims.}} Rehab Shaaban, an Egyptian designer, tried an even more [[abaya]]-like design, but her design was banned due to safety reasons.<ref>Youssra El-Sharkawy, [https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/egypts-extra-long-burkinis-the-latest-flashpoint-in-religious-swimwear/96664/ Will this new swimwear for conservative Muslims sink or swim?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628203712/https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/egypts-extra-long-burkinis-the-latest-flashpoint-in-religious-swimwear/96664/ |date=June 28, 2020 }}, OZY, October 11, 2019</ref>