Gaza - Nude photoshoot, 1988

Gaza nude photoshoot, 1988

In 1988, Penthouse magazine did a nude photoshoot on a Gaza beach.
This was in The Penthouse Collection, vol 4 no 4, 1988.

Gaza in 1988 was under Israeli control.
In 2005, Israel left Gaza and it became a terrorist Islamist state under Hamas.
The 1988 photoshoot was re-discovered by some pro-Israel people in 2011:

Israellycool post by Brian of London, December 5, 2011.
The Jawa Report, December 5, 2011.
2023 post by Brian of London. (Basically the same as the Jawa Report post of 2011.)

I think this photoshoot is very evocative because it shows:

A territory can go backwards as well as forwards.
Nothing is fixed forever. In 200 years time, there may be sexual liberation and topless/nude beaches in Gaza. Nothing is fixed forever. Islam could have a great apostasy in the coming centuries. Here's hoping!

The distant past: Ancient Egypt before Islam

Gaza was part of Ancient Egyptian territory for several centuries, including around the time of the picture below.
This is 2,000 years before Islam was invented.
Things go backwards as well as forwards. Not that everything in Ancient Egypt was great! But many things went backwards later.

Naked female dancers in a painting from the Tomb of Nebamun, Egypt, c. 1350 B.C.
From here.

The near past: Photoshoot on Gaza beach, 1988

OK even in 1988, Gaza wasn't normally like this, but: (a) there were bikinis, and: (b) Penthouse felt relaxed enough in Gaza to do this photoshoot.

The present: Gaza beaches under Hamas

Hamas brought Islamic religious law to Gaza. No more bikinis, or any immodest dress.
Who can say that Gaza today is better than in 1988? Nobody. It is obviously worse.

Gaza beach in 2007.
From here.

Gaza beach in 2022.
From here.

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