The ban on French women athletes who wear headscarves from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international human rights laws, according to a new report by Amnesty International. The NGO denounces what it call «discriminatory rules policing what women wear».
At the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games (OG 2024) on July 26, the outfit that will dress the national athletes bears the hallmark of fashion designer Ali Drissi. Speaking to Yabiladi, the designer explains how he came up with the 100% Moroccan-made suit.
Despite the decision of the International Olympic Committee on religious and cultural attire, France is preventing its Muslim athletes from competing at the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris with their hijabs on.
Daughter of a French-Moroccan mother and a Senegalese father, Asma Niang is a four-time champion of Africa judoka. Last week, she won a bronze medal at the Croatia's annual Judo Grand Prix at the Zagreb Arena.