Lebanese women parading skimpy bikinis, miniskirts or shorts will all technically 'breaking the law' ...

My country: A Joke unto nations!

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"Outlaws & Mavericks..."

"... More than 60 years after the tiny Mediterranean country gained independence from France, its penal code is still bogged down with archaic laws, some of which date back to the Ottoman Empire..... One 1941 law, for example, still prohibits women from donning a two-piece and hitting the beach.

Their punishment? A fine of 250 Lebanese-Syrian pounds -- a currency that no longer exists.....

Lebanon has not yet introduced into its legal system words such as "Alzheimer's", "Parkinson's", or even "coma". Instead, judges use the words "insane" or "fool" for the person in question -- as did their predecessors in the days of Ottoman rule over Lebanon from 1513 to 1918.... A rapist, for example, is let off the hook if he marries his victim, and the perpetrators of "crimes of honour" may benefit from "extenuating circumstances."......

"Another completely absurd law is one which recognises civil marriage while prohibiting the actual ceremony on Lebanese soil," Azzi said. "It's both tragic and comic when a judge can divorce such couples 'in the name of the Lebanese people' but 'under the law of Sweden, France, Cyprus'," he added.

A 1925 law still forbids women who marry foreigners from passing citizenship on to their children or spouses. Another can land women in prison for two years for adultery -- even without being "caught in the act", a prerequisite for adulterous men to be indicted.....

..... As for shorts and bikinis, these are unlikely to disappear any time soon, archaic laws or not. "You have women who are half naked in nightclubs and on the street and we're talking about shorts here," said Roula Nehme, 31, a manager at a Beirut restaurant. "If anything, women are showing more and more flesh and nothing will stop them from doing so."

...but, Lebanon wins the Hummus war... here

"... Lebanon on Saturday claimed another victory in the continuing battle with Israel over which country can make the largest plate of the chickpea delicacy hummus. The new plate broke all the Guinness record for the world’s largest plate of hummus. Lebanon on Saturday presented a 10452 Kg Hummus plate ( 1 kg per each square Km of Lebanon’s area)..."