The feat is historic, the speech too. On Léa Salamé’s set, the parataekwondo champion Zakia Khudadadi, an Afghan refugee, came to speak on a subject that concerns us all…
“Please don’t forget Afghan women!“
This speech by Zakia Khudadadi is strong. It was on Léa Salamé’s set that this champion of the Paris 2024 Paralympics came to shake us up by saying the terms, loud and clear. An Afghan refugee, the bronze medalist in parataekwondo is taking advantage of the Games to address a major social issue.
We listen to him: “My goal today is to have a French passport. I have had many messages from friends in Iran, Afghanistan… In Afghanistan, it is impossible for them to celebrate, it is too dangerous, when you are a woman…“
35 articles constituting a brand new legislation voted on during the month of August and promulgated by the Ministry of Justice impose fines and detention on Afghan women who want to read in public, to travel alone, or even… To sing. Yes, yes. And the professional athlete has a lot to say about it…
A speech that caused a lot of reaction: “I think of these Afghan women who can no longer even sing in public”
“My heart goes out to all the women in my country. Please don’t forget them.“, continued the champion and bronze medalist, whose satisfaction is weighed down by the thought of what her fellow citizens are experiencing as these lines are being written.
As a reminder, the new prohibitions cited…
Read more
Also read
“It’s for my wife!”: Lesbian cyclist Marie Patouillet wins France’s first Paralympic medal
On the cover of “Causeur”, Fanny Ardant proclaims to defend “the honor of Roman Polanski”
“He’s a man!”: Algerian boxing champion Imane Khelif fights unabashed misogyny at the Olympics
