Émile-Samory Fofana collaborates with Adidas to design Qamis for both the football field and the prayer mat

His idea is one he has been playing with for some time, and one of the world's biggest most high-profile sports companies brings it into the mainstream. The new football thobe can perhaps be seen as normalising the love for the game, regardless of nationality or religion. It is perhaps about the universal truth that football fans around the world just want to align with their favourite team by wearing the strip – but one that also aligns with who they are.