Erin Woo / Mercury News / August 25, 2019 SANTA CLARA — As the first player on the U.S. Squash national team to compete in a hijab, 12-year-old Fatima Abdelrahman is aware that her presence is a statement of sorts. Currently ranked fifth in the country for her age group, she’s been competing Continue Reading
FATAH: Rejecting hijab dooms woman to 24 years in prison
Tarek Fatah / Toronto Sun / August 29, 2019 ou may never have heard of Saba Kord-Afshari, but the 20-year-old Iranian woman was sentenced to 24 years in prison by the Islamic Republic of Iran on Monday for the crime of defying the country’s ‘hijab law’ that forbids all women in Iran from Continue Reading
Legault backs Education Minister’s comment, says Malala Yousafzai ‘couldn’t teach’ in Quebec with head scarf
Janice Dickson / The Globe and Mail Quebec Premier François Legault says Malala Yousafzai, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned advocate for girls’ education, would not be allowed to teach in his province unless she removed her head scarf, saying his Education Minister did not make a Continue Reading
Headscarves, hoops and victories. Milwaukee’s Salam School girls basketball team shatters stereotypes
By Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MILWAUKEE — It’s not unusual for first-time opponents to underestimate the lady Salam Stars. The girls can see it — in an opponent’s glance, maybe the way she drops her shoulders — when the Stars take the court Continue Reading