Talk About Palestine Too, Not Just Ukraine, Says World No 1 In Squash

Slamming Western media, Egypt's Ali Farag said that Palestinian conflict does not feature prominently in news as it "doesn't fit the narrative of the media of the West"

Egypt's Ali Farag, world's number 1 squash player, used his victory speech at the Optasia Championship yesterday to register his disagreement with Western media coverage after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last month which the star believed does not cover "oppression everywhere in the world". “We've never been allowed to speak about politics in sports, but all of a sudden now it's allowed… if we can talk about Ukraine, we can talk about Palestine.”World No.1 Squash player @AliFarag calling out double standards on Ukraine coverage. Bravo???????? pic.twitter.com/9AioTBEVBq

The professional squash player called on people to talk about Palestine in the same way they talk about Ukraine. "We've never been allowed to speak about politics and sports, but all of a sudden now it is allowed. So that we are allowed, I hope that people also look at the oppression everywhere in the world."

"I mean the Palestinians have been going through that for the past 74 years," he added referring to conflict with Israel.