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Saudi Arabia: Where are the women sport heroes?

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 @ 01:24 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: China, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Bahrain, Kuwait
Topics:: Gender, 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

Saudi girls deserve sport heroes too, says Jillian, at a post on women in the Olympics at Kabobfest. “Little girls in Saudi Arabia (which I will use as an example from now on, given that Qatar's population equals that of Boston) deserve to have strong heroes too,” she notes.

1 comment

cheryl

I AGREE 100%, ITS A PITY THAT WOMEN IN THOSE COUNTRIES ARE DEPRIVED OF ,ACTUALLY ALOT OF THINGS. sport and physical activity is great to do and with the health and wellness aspect , it’s quite ridiculous to not allow participation. that why the obesity rate is so high .

I’m a personal Fitness Trainer, and I play Provincial Cricket …as a women Its great to excel in the career i want and on the sports field,and not having any obstacles …Its great……I hope things get better in these countries with women in sport etc. And I would want to visit these countries to coach and train women.

# 2008-09-5 at 6:30 am

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