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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Tue Jan 3, 2023, 04:59 PM Jan 2023

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Iranian chess player was warned not to return to Iran after competing without hijab (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-chess-player-was-warned-not-return-iran-after-competing-without-hijab-2023-01-03/

From the article:

"An Iranian chess player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for competing without a hijab at an international tournament in Kazakhstan."

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Iranian chess player was warned not to return to Iran after competing without hijab (Reuters) (Original Post) shenmue Jan 2023 OP

Hard enough for women to break through in chess without this primitive dress code restriction. GreenWave Jan 2023 #1

GreenWave

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1. Hard enough for women to break through in chess without this primitive dress code restriction.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2023, 05:04 PM

Jan 2023

Mato Jelic (Chess School) has quite a few great games by females.

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