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Covered-Up vs. Uncovered: Egyptian and German beach volleyball players

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Covered-Up vs. Uncovered: Egyptian and German beach volleyball players

by Lobo Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:11 pm

Covered-Up vs. Uncovered: Egyptian and German beach volleyball players highlight the massive cultural divide between Western and Islamic women’s teams
ByPamela Geller on August 9, 2016

Covered-Up vs. Uncovered: Egyptian and German beach volleyball players Egypt-germany

epa05463441 Kira Walkenhorst of Germany (L) signals as Doaa Elghobashy of Egypt (R) watches during the women's Beach Volleyball preliminary pool D game between Ludwig/Walkenhors of Germany and Elghobashy/Nada of Egypt the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Beach Volleyball Arena on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 07 August 2016. EPA/ANTONIO LACERDA

A picture is worth a thousand words, and in this case, best symbolizes the clash of civilizations. Guess which culture lost 2-0? (Germans won.)

The cover-ups versus the cover-nots: Egyptian and German beach volleyball players highlight the massive cultural divide between Western and Islamic women’s teams
Images show game between Egyptian and German volleyball teams
The Egyptian pair took to the arena wearing long sleeves and leggings
Stark contrast to Germans who wore sport’s traditional two-piece uniform
By Julian Robinson for MailOnline, 8 August 2016
It is a fast and furious sport played under the sun and famed for its revealing attire – with a practical uniform of bikinis for women and board shorts for men.
But these pictures show the contrasting cultures among some of the nations taking part in the Rio Olympics after the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team took to the sandy arena wearing long sleeves and leggings.
The outfit, used by Nada Meawad and Doaa Elghobashy, who also covered her head with a hijab, was in stark contrast to their German rivals Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst who stuck to the sport’s traditional two-piece outfit for the clash last night.

Pictures show the cultural differences among some of the nations taking part in the Rio Olympics after the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team took to the sandy arena wearing long sleeves and leggings

The outfit, used by Nada Meawad and Doaa Elghobashy (centre), who also covered her head with a hijab, was in stark contrast to their German rivals Laura Ludwig (right) and Kira Walkenhorst (left) who stuck to the sport’s traditional two-piece outfit for the clash last night

Although the International Volleyball Federation used to have standards regulating the size of uniforms, those were loosened heading into the London 2012 Olympics to allow full sleeves and leggings
Although the International Volleyball Federation used to have standards regulating the size of uniforms, those were loosened heading into the London 2012 Olympics to allow full sleeves and leggings.
IVB spokesman Richard Baker said on Sunday night that the move was made to open up the game culturally.
By one measure, it has worked. Baker said there were now 169 different countries involved in the Continental Cup qualifying process for the 2016 Olympic, compared to 143 for London.
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