Les Hijabeuses: Muslim women footballers tackle French hijab ban

Women from the Parisian suburbs that produced Pogba and Mbappé say French Football Federation rules are discriminatory.

Paris, France – Since she was six, Karthoum Dembelé has played football with her older brother and his friends between housing estates in the Parisian banlieues – or suburbs. Huge football talents have broken out from these neighbourhoods in recent years, including Pogba, Mbappé, and Kanté. Here, where street football is king, is where Dembelé fell in love with football.