Game of Our Lives
Game of Our Lives
Al Jazeera
Playing the Game, Wearing Hijab — with Shireen Ahmed
25 minutes Posted Mar 29, 2018 at 12:01 am.
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All Shireen Ahmed wanted to do was play — but college officials kept her off the pitch because she wanted to wear her headscarf, or hijab. This week, the player, advocate, and coach talks about her fight to get back on the field, what football means in the global South, and the day FIFA lifted its ban on hijab.