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Posted by samya on 29 Jul 2016 / 1 Comment
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Amid all the violence happening in Iraq, a workshop at a Californian University aims at building a working group consisting of women within the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education to increase the number of women in leadership roles in Iraqi universities. Egypt’s National Council for Women launched last month a media campaign under the slogan […]

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Posted by samya on 22 Jul 2016 / 0 Comments
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Saudi Arabia announced it will be sending four female athletes to Rio Olympics. It follows separate release about male squad amid ongoing sensitivity about the issue in the Gulf kingdom. Indian Muslim women defy tradition and men to be judges. The year-long program aims to produce a steady stream of female “Qadis” across India. She […]

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Posted by samya on 29 Apr 2016 / 0 Comments
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N.J. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad embraces a bigger Olympic platform as a Muslim woman. She is the first American in the Olympics wearing a hijab. For the first time in its history, the 1000-year-old mosque at Thazhathangady, famous for its rich architecture and wood carvings, has thrown open its doors for Muslim women in Kerala. Amal […]

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Hijab in Sport and Unhelpful Media Biases


Posted by Guest Contributor on 19 Mar 2013 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by guest contributor Shireen Ahmed (@_shireenahmed_). One of the most exciting aspects of the Olympic Summer Games 2012 was that every participating nation sent in women athletes as part of their delegations. Media faithfully reported on the successes and stories of “hijab-clad” women participating in the London Games, the most prestigious sporting […]

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Watching Muslimah Olympic Athletes, Past and Present


Posted by azra on 28 Feb 2012 / 0 Comments
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Recently, BBC’s Sporting Witness and NPR’s Tell Me More featured interviews with prominent Muslimah athletes.  Sporting Witness profiled Hassiba Boulmerka— otherwise known as the “Constantine Gazelle”—an Algerian Olympic gold medal winner in the 1500m competition in 1992. In the United States, Tell Me More profiled American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who’s currently training for the 2012 […]

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