Aheda Zanetti

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Aheda Zanetti (born 1967 in Tripoli in Lebanon ) is a-Lebanese Australian fashion designer of clothing for women who are the rules of conservative even in sports practice Islam - interpretations follow. Among other things, Zanetti invented the hijood as headgear for sports and the burkini as swimwear for Muslim women.

life and work

Ruqaya Al Ghasra from Bahrain with a hijood at the 2008 Olympic Games
Woman in Burkini in Egypt

Zanetti was born in Tripoli, Lebanon, moved to Australia with her family at the age of two and lived in Bankstown City , a suburb of Sydney . Today she lives and works in Sydney and has four children.

As a fashion designer, Zanetti developed the hijood (also hijjod , a suitcase word made up of “hijab” and “hood” for hood ), a hood-shaped hijab that was supposed to allow Muslim girls to play sports. In 2004, Zanetti launched a range of sportswear for Muslim women under the brand name Ahiida and founded the company Ahiida Pty Ltd (AHIIDA). The hijood was adopted by several female athletes, including Ruqaya Al Ghasra from Bahrain , who in 2008 became the first female athlete to take part in the women's 200-meter run at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , and thus caused a sensation.

Burkini

In 2004 she also developed the “Burqini” under the brand name Ahiida , better known in German-speaking countries as Burkini (a suitcase word made up of burqa and bikini ) for Muslim swimmers from a Lycra - Teflon fabric mix, later also from chlorine-resistant polyester . Initially due to massive problems between white and Muslim Australians as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the Cronulla Riots , she was not very successful with this idea. However, she was able to successfully bring in the burkini when the Australian lifeguard organization Surf Life Saving Australia increasingly looked for Muslim women and required appropriate swimwear. According to his own estimates, Zanetti then sold more than 700,000 burkinis by 2016, especially in recent years to an increasing number of non-Muslim women. In addition, the burkini also became internationally interesting for fashion houses such as Marks & Spencer in Great Britain.

The terms Burqini as well Burkini are neologisms Zanetti and registered trademarks ( Registered Trade Mark ) have their company, however, soon internationally as a generic name established for swimwear for Muslim women. Zanetti expressed irritation about the bans on the burkini and the debates about the clothing of Muslim women in Europe and especially in France. She emphasizes that the choice to wear a swimsuit is a personal decision and that the burkini is not only gaining acceptance among Muslims internationally. She also wanted to give Muslim women with the burkini freedom and opportunities that they did not have before, and accordingly sees the debate as destructive. In their eyes, the burkini is a symbol of freedom, not Islam. The debate in Europe also leads to a significantly increased international interest in burkinis, with around 45 percent of the inquiries coming from non-Muslim interested parties who want to protect themselves from UV light with such a full-body suit .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Twitter account accessed on August 26, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c d e f The surprising Australian origin story of the 'burkini'. Washington Post, August 17, 2016; accessed on August 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Sports equipment conforming to Islam ( memento of the original from June 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sueddeutsche.de archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 19, 2008; accessed on August 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ Reuters : Aussie "burqini" designer creates athletic veil . August 18, 2008; accessed on December 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Aheda Zanetti: I created the burkini to give women freedom, not to take it away. The Guardian, Aug. 24, 2016; accessed on August 27, 2016.
  6. ↑ Burkini ban: The garment's Australian designer says the French are 'digging a hole' for themselves. ABC News Australia, August 18, 2016; accessed on August 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ Burkini inventor sees the full-body swimsuit as a symbol of freedom. Der Tagesspiegel, August 23, 2016; accessed on August 27, 2016.
  8. ↑ Non-Muslims flock to buy burkinis as French bans raise profile of the modest swimwear style. The Sydney Morning Herald, August 20, 2016; accessed on August 27, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Zanetti, Aheda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lebanese-Australian fashion designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Tripoli , Lebanon