The controversial dress code at sport's biggest party
By Tyrese King
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“The ban on the hijab [a type of headscarf that covers the head and neck, but leaves the face clear] is the consequence of two discriminations: it is islamophobia, but also gender discrimination,” says Veronica Noseda, who plays football for Les Degommeuses, a Parisian football club set up to fight discrimination.
Iqra Ismail can speak only for herself, with a perspective from across the Channel in the United Kingdom, where laicite is a foreign concept.
Yasmin Abukar is the founder of Sisterhood FC, a women’s Muslim football club in London.
