Paris 2024 - Files - France Struggles With Its Hijab Rules For Opening Ceremony

File photo dated August 26, 2023 of Sounkamba Sylla Heat 1 4X400 Metres Relay Women during the World Athletics Championships 2023 on at Nemzeti Atletikai Kozpont in Budapest, Hungary. French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the country's secularism laws, they said on Wednesday. Thousands of athletes, including some who wear a hijab, are arriving for the Paris Olympics, placing an international spotlight on tensions in France over national identity and perceived discrimination against Muslims. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

• Product Code
• ILEA003041376

• Registered date
• 2023/8/26 00:00:00

• Credit
• Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images

• Media source
• Lairys Laurent/ABACA

• Media size
• 4141 × 5400 pixel

• Resolution
• 300 dpi

• Deployment size
• 1.94(MB)*

• Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.