Ladies of Egypt, rejoice! You can wear pants—BUT—they can’t be tight. Or see-through. Or stretch pants.
Egypt’s top Islamic authority defended women’s rights to wear trousers in public following a high profile court case in neighboring Sudan were women were flogged for dressing in pants, the local press reported Wednesday.
Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa said in response to a question during a public lecture that trousers covering women’s bodies are permitted, though they should be loose and not see through. He specified that “stretch” pants were in particular unacceptable.
Other than that, feel free to join in with the rest of the modern women and wear long, loose, shapeless, flowing pants.
Oh, wait. That’s only women in yoga classes.
Or wearing pajamas.
But hey, you go, girls! Wear that modern hijab and feel liberated!