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Recently, the Kuwaiti government canceled a desert wellness yoga retreat organized by Eman Al Husseinan, a yoga instructor. Lawmakers and Islamic scholars are strangely fixated on the “lotus” and “downward dog” yoga poses, calling them a danger and depravity to women. Some have even gone as far as labeling the practice of Yoga an attack on Islam. Eman stated that the retreat was canceled because she did not have a permit. She also came under fierce media attacks over this incident. Eman was contacted by the interior ministry, which clarified the importance of these permits. Hamdan Al Azmi, a conservative lawmaker, said the desert wellness yoga event is "alien" to "Kuwait's conservative society.” Hamdan went on calling Yoga “an attack on the Arab heritage” and a "cultural travesty." On February 7th, women's rights groups and other advocacy groups protested at Erada Square outside Kuwait's parliament. Alanoud Alsharekh, the founder of Abolish 153, an advocacy group against honor killing, said the hostility against women's rights is becoming more apparent and public.

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Kuwait Cracks Down on "Depraved" Yoga Retreat

Location: Kuwait