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MENA: Veiled Athletes in Beijing

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 @ 00:36 UTC

by Eman AbdElRahman

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Countries:: China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Yemen
Topics:: Gender, Religion, Sport
Languages:: English
Special:: Olympics

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

Despite the Saudi Arabia's decision to ban Saudi women from taking part in the Olympics this year, Blogger Dilshad D. Ali writes about the emergence of hijab (veil) at the Beijing Olympics. Blogger Jana, also lists the 12 veiled Muslim athletes who competed this year in Beijing.

1 comment

Beetle B.

It’s a head covering (hijab). Very different from a veil.

# 2008-08-26 at 2:46 am

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