Minis last longer in Egypt
CAIRO (UPI)—Ironically, the miniskirt may last longer in Egypt than elsewhere. Ironically because they are highly unpopular with "the establishment"—parents, educators, government authorities. But clothing casts are also a factor.
The English language newspaper, The Egyptian Gazette, noted in an editorial why the mini may be hard to erase here—the higher cost of maxis and midis. Although expressing hope that the new longer lengths would bring the demise of the mini among Egyptian women, The Gazette conceded unhappily:
"The maxi cloth lengths cost more and perhaps in these times
of austerity it is asking too much to demand maxi magic by day as well as night."
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Egyptian girls who persist in wearing minis still risk raised eyebrows, abrasive comment, school expulsion and occasional physical abuse or even divorce.
Dr. Zeinab El Soubki, the head of Egypt's blood bank system, expressed a fairly typical establishment view when she said the minis are so outrageous they are grounds for divorce.
"Mini skirts and other exciting clothes are against our traditions," she said. "A man should divorce his wife if she insists on wearing a mini."
Most educators stand firm against miniskirts.
at Helmy secondary modern school in Cairo had to pledge in writing they would "conform" and not wear minis, or else they were not allowed to attend classes.
Seventeen-year-old Waffa Abdel Sami was expelled recently from school permanently for wearing one. Twenty other girls
Anonymous persons threatened to burn university buildings unless teachers insisted that girl students wear below the knee clothing.
Egyptian men also prove formidable opponents for mini skirted girls by staring, hooting, jeering and making obscene remarks at mini wearers. Several girls have been roughed up in similar incidents and many Egyptian youths flatly refuse to date girls who wear short dresses.
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