Several lawmakers from Kuwait’s National Assembly pressured the government to close down the ladies fitness club. Public domain photo. This piece was originally published on Raseef22, an independent Arabic media platform, on August 13, 2021, and an edited version is being republished under a content-sharing agreement. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Commerce and Industry rushed to close down a sports club and suspended all its activists for the foreseeable future, in response to a crisis sparked by popular and parliamentary protests over the fitness club’s belly dance class. In exclusive statements to…

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