Fewer women go to the beach wearing bikinis now than during the previous regime, because they are increasingly being harassed by salafists.
"Ben Ali was a tyrant, he fleeced the country," 22-year-old Halim told ANSAMed. ''But at least back then we could be ourselves, like European people our age.'' Women who go to the beach wearing bikinis are being increasing insulted, beaten or otherwise harassed, reportedly by Islamic fundamentalist men. [ANSAmed] Read more
