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Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir (Somali: Bilqis Abdul Qaadir; Arabic: بلقيس عبد القادر) (born 11 November 1990) is an American former collegiate basketball player. She was notable for playing basketball while wearing a hijab, a headscarf for Muslim women.
On the other hand, Muslim female athletes often face criticism and scrutiny when they do not conform to Western athletic ideals. Hijabi athletes were excluded from the Olympic Games until 1996, and debate continues about whether or not head covering is a religious symbol that is out of place in secular athletic spheres. [83]
Ibtihaj Muhammad (born December 4, 1985) is an American sabre fencer, author, entrepreneur and Olympic medalist.At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics in hijab, the first American Muslim woman to win an Olympic medal, [1] and the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in the sabre event, when she won bronze in the women’s saber team event.
N.C. State's Jannah Eissa and UC Irvine's Diaba Konate are bringing visibility and inspiration to some Muslim women by wearing hjiabs while they play basketball. “Representation really matters ...
Members of the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its athletes after competing in an Olympic beach volleyball match wearing modest clothing ...
Ibtihaj Muhammad on Monday made history in Rio as the first Muslim woman to represent the U.S. Olympic Team wearing a hijab.
First female Pakistani weightlifter to compete in the World Championships, first weightlifter to wear a hijab, covered arms and legs, in competition Kulsoom Beenazir Abdullah Kakakhel (born 12 March 1976) is a Pakistani -American weightlifter who became the first female weightlifter representing Pakistan when she competed at the 2011 World ...
After analyzing 600 of the biggest sportsmen and women in the world, ESPN determined the most famous of them all. The 18 most famous athletes in the world in 2018 Skip to main content