before ayatollah khamenei s death, and in the decades after that the country has become a chess powerhouse, and sara khadem one of its biggest and most promising stars. in december last year she decided not to wear the compulsory hijab when competing. her life has changed utterly, not least where she lives now on the spanish coast. chess is a game that requires a player to calculate their opponent s third orfourth move. 25 year old sara khadem has made a few calculations, but to remove her headscarf was the least she could do given what was happening in iran. but it was the right thing to do. that decision, though, has led to her exile and for now a life lived in a secret location. when i was playing in almaty there were many things going on in iran. and many young women, they were not wearing
sara khadem is 25 now but has been playing competitively since she was eight. chess was unbanned in iranjust before ayatollah khamenei s death, and in the decades after that the country has become a chess powerhouse, and sara khadem one of its biggest and most promising stars. in december last year she decided not to wear the compulsory hijab when competing. her life has changed utterly, not least where she lives now on the spanish coast. chess is a game that requires a player to calculate their opponent s third orfourth move. 25 year old sara khadem has made a few calculations, but to remove her headscarf was the least she could do given what was happening in iran. but it was the right thing to do. that decision, though, has led to her exile and for now a life lived in a secret location.
in december last year she decided not to wear the compulsory hijab when competing. her life has changed utterly, not least where she lives now on the spanish coast. chess is a game that requires a player to calculate their opponent s third orfourth move. 25 year old sara khadem has made a few calculations, but to remove her headscarf was the least she could do given what was happening in iran. but it was the right thing to do. that decision, though, has led to her exile and for now a life lived in a secret location. when i was playing in almaty there were many things going on in iran. and many young women, they were not wearing the scarf on the streets, and that was the rule in the country. so i would say i was really inspired by what they were doing back at home. but presumably you realised that you were taking a risk.
hijab when competing. her life has changed utterly, not least where she lives now on the spanish coast. chess is a game that requires a player to calculate their opponent s third orfourth move. 25 year old sara khadem has made a few calculations, but to remove her headscarf was the least she could do given what was happening in iran. but it was the right thing to do. that decision, though, has led to her exile and for now a life lived in a secret location. when i was playing in almaty there were many things going on in iran. and many young women, they were not wearing the scarf on the streets, and that was the rule in the country. so i would say i was really inspired by what they were doing back at home. but presumably you realised that you were taking a risk. yeah. the things that happened
and sara khadem one of its biggest and most promising stars. in december last year she decided not to wear the compulsory hijab when competing. her life has changed utterly, not least where she lives now on the spanish coast. chess is a game that requires a player to calculate their opponent s third orfourth move. 25 year old sara khadem has made a few calculations, but to remove her headscarf was the least she could do given what was happening in iran. but it was the right thing to do. that decision, though, has led to her exile and for now a life lived in a secret location. when i was playing in almaty there were many things going on in iran. and many young women, they were not wearing the scarf on the streets, and that was the rule in the country.