Jihad Alariachi, born in Amsterdam in 1983, became known to the general public as a television presenter. In particular, her role in the TV series “The Girls of Halal” and later “The Mama’s of Halal” stood out, in which she and her sisters Esmaa and Hajar looked critically at Dutch society. She is now a museum teacher…
Many people would initially suspect that the burkini comes from the Middle East, or another Islamic country. Nothing could be further from the truth! The burkini originates from the brilliant white beaches of Sydney, Australia, the city where Aheda Zanetti designed this garment. Originally Lebanese Zanetti, who moved to Australia as a two-year-old toddler, she came up…
The burkini is a sensitive subject in contemporary media. Certainly with news reports about swimming pools or cities that refuse the burkini, such as the French city of Cannes, which received a lot of attention after they introduced a burkini ban. The majority of these prejudices against the burkini stem from ignorance about what it is…