Swimming Hijabis

[qatarperegrine]

From my sister's local paper: there are arguments going on in Oxford over whether Muslim women should be able to swim in hijab.

Aren't there burqinis in Oxford?

Comments

[y-pestis.livejournal.com]

And the funny thing is that, since hitting puberty and discovering that I no longer had a little boyish body, I've been swimming in the closest I could get to a burqini anyway. I'd usually get away with a t-shirt over my swimsuit with the argument that I sunburn and I'd spend as much time as possible wearing a towel around my waist to cover as much else as possible. Lately I just haven't gone swimming. I suspect there would be a lot of people (ok, mostly women) out there who'd happily go for a burqini or Victorian swimming cozzy!

Do they do relaxed burqinis without the balaclava bit? I might get one!

[qatar.livejournal.com]

The "balaclava" part is called the "hijood" (get it? hijab/hood). And yes, the hijood is a separate piece, so it can presumably be removed.