Thousands of messages bombarded Marzieh Hamidi’s phone after the Afghan Taekwondo champion suggested that her home country’s men’s cricket team didn’t represent her.
“We have your location. We will share it for the highest bidder,” one wrote to her. “I will cut your head off.” “Where do you want me to rape you?” another message read. More than 5,000 calls and messages bombarded Marzieh Hamidi’s phone in the days after the Afghan Taekwondo champion dared to suggest that her home country’s men’s cricket team didn’t represent her – an athlete forced into exile by the Taliban’s ban on women’s sport.
Just not cricket Despite the horrific situation for women in Afghanistan, Afghan male teams, like the hugely popular cricket side, are able to compete on the international stage. Cricket is widely followed in Afghanistan, and the country’s national team – whose emblem still displays the tricolor flag of the government ousted by the Taliban – has been a source of national pride for many, even though the Taliban has barred women from playing cricket.
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