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Some Muslim female athletes also see their athletic success as an opportunity to challenge the way non-Muslim communities view Muslim women. For example, mountain climber Leila Bahrami called her successful ascent of Mount Everest a way to "show the world" that Muslim women are capable rather than "limited".
Sertaç Sehlikoglu, curator of Muslim women in Sports blog, coined the term." [8] Ahmed actively engages with media producers in mainstream and alternative groups. [9] In one example, Ahmed responded to a documentary film about a women's soccer team in Zanzibar. In an interview with researchers for the study, "Radical Sports Journalism?:
Due to the influence of religious leaders in Saudi Arabia, active opposition of political leaders and sport administrators, and systematic discrimination against women's sport, a women's national team could not exist for a long time. [2] The creation of a FIFA-recognised women's national team was banned by law in 2008. [3]
Les Hijabeuses was founded in 2020 in response to the French Football Federation (FFF) ban on wearing hijab during competitive football games. [1] Some members of the collective, which is composed primarily of young Muslim women, [2] had been forced to give up their competitive football careers or faced other opposition when playing because of the FFF ban. [1]
Saudi Arabia women's national team footballers Name Caps Goals Date of debut Debut against Date of final match Final match against Ref. Lana Abdulrazak: 22 2 20 February 2022 Seychelles: 23 February 2024 Guam [2] Sara Al-Hamad: 22 0 20 February 2022 Seychelles: 23 February 2024 Guam [3] Bayan Sadagah: 22 1 20 February 2022 Seychelles: 23 ...
Over the ten years, Khorsrowyar helped to shift public perceptions about the sport, and participation numbers rose and a national women's team program was created, which included youth teams. [4] She is better known to be the first American Iranian championing women's rights to play soccer in the Middle East, specifically in Iran. [5]
The Women's Islamic Games, also called the Muslim Women's Olympics, [1] were an international multi-sport event started in 1993. The event was organised by the Islamic Federation of Women's Sport. Muslim women of all nationalities were allowed to take part in the Games. [2] The event has been held in 1993, 1997, 2001, and 2005 in Iran. [3]
Saudi Arabia women's national football team against Moldova in Kirchberg am Wagram, Austria (2024) The national federation was created in 1956 and became a FIFA affiliate in 1956. [1] [2] However women's football is not included in the country's FIFA coordinated Goals! project. [2]