The Big Read: Burkini ban swims against the tide

16 August 2016 - 09:59
By JULIET SAMUEL

In Manjib, Syria, the men are cutting their beards. The women are smoking cigarettes and uncovering their faces. Newly liberated from the rule of Islamic State, they're expressing the most basic freedom a human can possess: control over their own bodies.These are the freedoms that many of us hold dear.

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