No butt-hugging short shorts here–they’re covered from head to toe, but they’re still playing.
Picture of the Iranian Women’s Volleyball Team
Posted by John on November 27th, 2007 at 1:09 pm · 1 Comment
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1 xJane // Nov 27, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Reminds me (again) of my former muslim coworker (former coworker, not former muslim) whose daughter loves both ballet and swimming for competition. She will only allow her to perform/compete before an audience of only women once she reaches menarche.
The writer on the other side of that link brought up an interesting point, though: female teams who wish to compete in Iran also need to wear “those funny clothes”* & few are willing to do so. This isolates Iranian teams, but I suppose participating could seem like being complicit in the “funny” practices. It might be interesting to, say, at the Olympics, dress like the Iranians in solidarity: in a place that doesn’t make it seem like they’re agreeing with the Sharia laws and in a forum that’s guaranteed media coverage.
*I don’t know the proper term for a sports-burqa, but that’s what it looks like
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