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Basketball's governing body Fiba has changed headgear rules to allow players to wear the hijab. Rachida Belaidi, the captain of Algeria's national women's team, tells Focus on Africa that the ruling is long overdue. (Photo: Qatar's women's team, pictured, pulled out of the 2014 Asian Games after being denied permission to wear the hijab. Credit: Getty.)