In pictures: Abu Dhabi Corniche beach ban

ABU DHABI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - 11JULY2012- Odai al Bostanje, right, seventeen year old from Jordan who grew up in Abu Dhabi with his friend at the Bachelors and labourers beach on corniche in Abu Dhabi. Ravindranath K / The National
Abu Dhabi Municipality introduced the rules after women using the beach complained that men stared at, photographed or bothered them, municipal officials said.
Research by the Zayed University anthropologist Jane Bristol-Rhys found some places in Abu Dhabi have become social boundaries, blocking out labourers.
Bachelors are also welcome in the gardens and footpaths near those beaches, said Arif Al Tamimi, a supervisor in the municipalityâ€™s community-services division.
Areas along the Corniche are set aside for families only.
Unaccompanied men have been banned from sitting in areas of the Corniche after women and families complained to the municipality that their privacy was being disturbed.
The public beach on the Abu Dhabi Corniche under construction.