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Olympic Hijab Style

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 @ 06:52 UTC

by Jillian C. York

Countries:: United Kingdom
Topics:: Gender, Religion, Sport
Special:: Olympics

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Olimpíadas: Estilo e Hijabs...

This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts

British blog Hijab Style shares photographs of Olympians who wear hijab, including Bahrain's Ruqaya al Ghasra and Yemen's Waseelah Fadhl Saad.

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