By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
If you were hoping for a new Iran --- forget it.
Here is a perfect example. Dorsa Derakhshani, a female member of the Iranian national chess team was removed from the team for performing an unforgivable violation.
What did she do? In an international competition she refused to wear her hijab- in other words, she refused to wear her head covering during the match.
Since the revolution it is the law in Iran that all women must wear a hijab in public. That is especially the case in situations where the women are symbols of Iran --- in this case, an international chess match.
After being removed from the team Derakhshani left Iran and came to the United States. She has since joined the US women's chess team and is now competing for the US - without a hijab.
The most interesting part of this story is that it was covered in the ISNA, an official media arm of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Micah@MicahHalpern,com
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