Egypt’s squash superstar Ali Farag was crowned the Optasia 2022 Squash Champion title at the Wimbledon Club in London on Saturday, 11 March. In his post-victory speech, Farag opted to highlight skewed media coverage and the double standards in mixing politics with sports, an issue now being exposed due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ESN | Egypt Sports Network (@esnegypt) “One more thing that I know is going to get me in trouble, but you know we’ve all seen what’s going on in the world at the moment with Ukraine, and nobody is happy about what’s going on,” Farag said. The Optasia champion continued by acknowledging the sudden inclusion of politics in sports, stating: “We’ve never been allowed to speak about politics in sports but all of a sudden it’s allowed.” “The Palestinians have been going through that for the past 74 years and, well, I guess because it doesn’t fit the narrative of the of the media of the West, we couldn’t talk about it, but now that we can talk about Ukraine, we can talk about Palestinians….
Egyptian Squash Champ Challenges Western Media to Remember Palestine Alongside Ukraine
March 14, 2022
