London 2012 Olympics, A Tribute To Saudi Arabia Female Athletes And Women

 “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”
- Pierre de Coubertin (primarily responsible for the revival of the Olympic Games in 1894)

We all look forward to and enjoy, the Summer Olympic Games. Occurring every four years, we are all glued to our television sets, supporting our country's teams.  Athletes all over the world, aspire and feel they have not reached, the mount Olympus of their career, if they have not participated in these games. 
A Festival of sort,  that brings together people from all over the world, every  race, creed and sex.


When Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin spearheaded the first modern Olympics in 1896, he excluded female competitors, saying it would be “impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic, and incorrect.’’


 However we have come a long way since then, a journey that has  taken 116 years. Today at the London 2012 Olympics, there is a female athlete from every of the 205 nations represented.
Striking most of all, is Female athletes from Saudi Arabia, a country which is still very much steeped in the veil, and women are often  treated like they live in the medieval ages, while everything around them is modern and rocking the 21st century.
 Brunei, Qatar also managed to send women for the first time, these are small steps, but Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Islamic nations, will eventually accept that, women have every right to self expression as do men.
So here is to Sarah Attar, Wojdan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shaherkani,  the female athletes from Qatar and Brunei and indeed ALL the Female athletes at the Olympics, we have come a long way baby.
Interestingly, United States will have more women (269) than men (261) for the first time in history.

Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.
Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

 Several Middle Eastern nations came under international pressure to include women this year, resulting in the historic amount of female participation from across the world. Kohistani admitted to being torn between honoring her Muslim faith and achieving her dream of reaching the Olympics. She will run wearing a traditional head scarf and Islamic uniform.
 While some Ultra conservative Muslim men have taken to twitter and other social media, to insult and call these noble women names.
I will plead with them to disregard these men. Who have low self esteem and insecurity, that they hide behind the cloak of religion, to express their misogyny traits.
It takes great courage, to  achieve the feat, you have, coming from a culture such as yours, where women are still not allowed to drive. I click my Stilettos in respect


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