Voices of the Game is a bi-monthly column that highlights writers with interesting perspectives from around hockey and sports in general.
I can count on one hand the number of Western sports writers who give time and attention to the plight of Muslim women who play sports, and one of the steadiest voices among them is Shireen Ahmed.
When is it impossible to separate coverage of sports from coverage of politics, especially when the politics are about, well, you? When you’re a Muslim-Canadian woman, and when you know you are one of the few people who feel an intrinsic and urgent mandate to speak out about these issues.