Pursuits
French ‘Burqa’ Law Unsettles Free-Spending Gulf Tourists
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Majid al-Abdulaziz, a 39-year-old sports teacher from Riyadh, is on vacation in Paris for the third summer in a row with his veiled wife, three daughters and son. He doesn’t think he’ll be back next year.
His wife, an arts teacher, wears a head-to-toe robe worn by some orthodox Muslim women, covering her face, which will be illegal in France under the so-called Burqa Law moving through parliament next month.