Great Regulars: Indeed, [Germaine] Greer speaks about the

oppressiveness of the bikini: "Last time I checked, no one's bum looked big in a burka," she says, and rejects the idea that anyone can impose their version of liberty on women.

A woman in the audience stands to ask me a question, barely containing her rage. "It's so nice you can go to France and wear a hijab but can you tell me where in the Muslim world I can wear a bikini?"

Yes of course, I say, watching her turn a curious shade of puce: Lebanon, Indonesia, Malaysia, Syria, Jordan, Turkey . . .

from Fatima Bhutto: Financial Times: Diary

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