Muslim Women in SPORTS

The collection of news and articles on Muslim women and sports around the world. I decided to create the blog after I started doing research on the subject and recognized the lacuna of a central repository of collected materials about Muslim women's involvement in physical activities. -SertaƧ Sehlikoglu

10/30/17

Saudi women to be allowed into sport stadiums

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Women in Saudi Arabia will reportedly be allowed to attend sporting events in stadiums next year, according to reports. They will be allo...
7/27/16

American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, a Muslim, welcomes her Olympic closeup

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BY SCOTT FOWLER sfowler@charlotteobserver.com If you haven’t heard of Ibtihaj Muhammad yet, you will if you watch much of the 2016 S...

Campaign for FIBA's Clothing Regulations

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Ezdihar Abdulmula is currently campaigning for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to extend its 2 year preliminary rule of allo...
4/28/16

Baku to host 4th Islamic Games in 2017

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By Moni Mathews Over 5,000 elite athletes for show in Azerbaijan capital Preparations for the fourth Islamic Solidarity Games (...

Muslim ‘girls only’ swimming sessions ripple Danish waters

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Hundreds of young Muslim girls have flocked to swimming lessons in Copenhagen's immigrant-heavy Tingbjerg district after Hovedstadens S...
1/12/16

Hijabs and Hat-tricks: Muslim women lead the field

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by  Sorcha Pollak The end of a rule that barred women from wearing a hijab while playing football has seen the numbers of young musl...
1/6/16

STADIUMS ARE STILL CLOSED TO WOMEN IN IRAN

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By Shireen Ahmed VICE is  covering the launch  of the  Global Goals  for sustainable development. In the next fifteen years, they want t...

THE KEY TO FIGHTING GENDERED ISLAMOPHOBIA

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By Shireen Ahmed "Hands Up... SCREAM," he shouted. "HANDS UP! Faster! Faster!" Konga blew his whistle and I jumpe...
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