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Sportshour: 'I Shouldn't be Banned for Wearing a Hijab'

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'I shouldn't be banned for wearing a hijab'

04/03/2017 GMT

'I Shouldn't be Banned for Wearing a Hijab'

BBC World Service - Sportshour, 'I Shouldn't be Banned for Wearing a Hijab'

Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir on the hijab ban that means she can not play porffessional basketball

Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir on why she can not pursue her professional basketball career because she plays wearing a hijab.

Former college basketball star Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir tells us why she's being prevented from pursuing a professional career because she plays wearing a hijab. Wearing a hijab is banned by FIBA, the governing body for basketball. 

Sporting Identity: The Proud Americans Representing Israel 
The World Baseball Classic, the most prestigious competition in international baseball, starts next week.  Israel has qualified for the first time but most of the Israeli squad is made of US citizens, including MLB catcher Ryan Lavarnway. He tells us about balancing being a proud American and representing Israel, which has enabled him to discover more about his own identity.

Manchester United’s Quiet Maestro:  
To spend 11 years at any one football club is pretty unusual in the era of modern football - To that at a club like Manchester United is even rarer.  We’ve been spending time with Michael Carrick the Manchester United midfielder who looks beyond his playing days.

(Photo: Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir in her college days playing in her hijab for Indiana State University)

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