Al Arabiya
| Aug 4, 2012
For the first time in Olympic history, female athletes are represented in every country competing in the London games. Judo athlete Wojdan Shahrkhani and 800-meter runner Sarah Attar are the first females to represent Saudi Arabia in the summer ...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 4, 2012
Football's international rule makers have agreed to overturn the controversial ban on the wearing of hijabs in matches. The issue had reached the level of the United Nations, which wrote to FIFA to ask for the law to be scrapped. Al Jazeera's L...
Al Arabiya
| Jul 27, 2012
The Palestinian Olympic team received a warm welcome in London when the mayor's office greeted the five athletes who made it to the 2012 Games. Abu Rmeileh, a 28-year-old Judoka, will be carrying the hope of his people and the Palestinian flag at ...
The International Olympic Committee has said that Wojdan Shaherkani will now be allowed to wear a head-scarf that does not compromise her safety.
A new exhibition taking place at London's Festival Hall aims to show the different sides of the hijab, the head scarf worn by Muslim women.
Fifteen-year-old Amina Qureshi was spotted in the crowd as she watched January's League Cup semi-final match between Bradford City and Aston Villa.
The former Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab who defected from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad earlier this year says Russia - and particula...