ISTANBUL, Turkey — Reha Muhtar, a popular Turkish writer, was vacationing on Turkey’s Aegean coast when he saw two young women, hair tucked under hoods, bodies cloaked in ankle-length outfits, diving ...

TURKEY: Reha Muhtar, a popular Turkish writer, was holidaying on Turkey's Aegean coast when he saw two young women, hair tucked under hoods, bodies cloaked in ankle-length outfits, diving off an ...

The designer of the burkini said she has seen an increase in sales since several French towns banned women from wearing the Islamic swimwear. Australian-Lebanese Aheda Zanetti, 48, who resides in ...

LOS ANGELES — Amana Siddiqi loved swimming as a child but gave it up as a teenager because her Muslim faith required she fully cover her body in public. "At age 15, I started to cover, so I stopped ...

Marks and Spencer has been selling versions of these "burkinis" — or modest bathing suits covering the entire body besides the face, hands and feet — in its international stores for years, according ...

Bangkok/Singapore: Aheda Zanetti says she wants Muslim women wearing Islamic-style swimwear to be a regular sight on Australian beaches — and in elite sporting contests worldwide. The Sydney ...

Yes, the burkini—a portmanteau for burqa, a robe-like garment popular with some Muslim women, and bikini, a two-piece bathing suit that made its debut 70 years ago at the fashionable Parisian lido ...

PARIS — A punchy jingle kicks off the promotional video of a French firm that sells Islamic women’s swimwear. Models wearing brightly colored, full-body tunic, pant and hijab combos frolic at the ...

Less than a year after France thought it had settled a row over Muslim swimwear, a local mayor has stirred controversy by banning the all-body "burkini" swimsuit from a new pool. Gerard Tardy, mayor ...