Palestine’s Olympic flagbearer Valerie Tarazi on getting hounded in Paris and being Christian at the Islamic Games: ‘Sport unites us’
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During last summer’s Paris Olympic Games, Palestine’s flagbearer Valerie Tarazi couldn’t walk through the Athletes’ Village without being hassled, “to the point where it was actually an issue,” the swimmer recalls. The reason was unusual. Every nation at the Games had its own unique pin badge and, for athletes living in the Olympic Village, collecting […]