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. -Sertaç Sehlikoglu

1/29/13

Play On! Focused Pakistani Women's Cricket Team Disregards Threats.

BY: SHIREEN AHMED The world is waiting for the top cricket athletes to compete in the ICC Women’s World Cu p to be held in India. Eight ...

1/27/13

Arab Women Springing.... into Football Stadiums for Gulf Cup of Nations

BY: SHIREEN AHMED Bahrain recently hosted the 21st Gulf Cup of Nations. A grand tournament involving eight teams from the Middle East. The E...

1/16/13

MWIS Writer Shireen Ahmed Selected for The Best of Football Writing in 2012

Shireen Ahmed's article "Off-Record but on-Field: Veil, Burka, Babushka or Bedsheet?" is selected as one of the Most Compelli...

1/15/13

Salma Hosseini- TaeKwonDo Instructor...in Kabul

BY: SHIREEN AHMED I came across a wonderful site that presents a " portrait of a city through its working people ". Complete...

1/14/13

Middle East soccer associations campaign for women’s right to play

By James M. Dorsey Middle Eastern soccer associations have launched a campaign to put women’s soccer on par with men’s football in a ...

Middle East Football Association Campaign for women's right to play

By James M. Dorsey Middle Eastern soccer associations have launched a campaign to put women’s soccer on par with men’s football in a r...

1/2/13

Fearless and Female: Cox's Bazaar Best Surfer

BY: SHIREEN AHMED “I feel free on the water...where I am from and who I am doesn’t really matter”.- Nassima Atker Cox’s Bazaar...

12/17/12

ICC Women's World Cup 2013 fixtures

All matches played in Mumbai. Venues: Wankhede Stadium, Brabourne Stadium [aka Cricket Club of India], Middle Income Group Ground (M...

3rd Women's AHF Cup: Singapore 4 Pakistan 2

SINGAPORE - The Republic's hockey women notched their first victory at the 3rd Women's Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup on Wednesd...

Four Azerbaijani boxers reach quarterfinal stage in Kazakhstan tournament

Kazakhstan is hosting an international tournament in women's boxing. Four members of the national boxing team of Azerbaijan - Azi...

12/13/12

Turkey takes a step to lift hijab ban on professional athletes: Hijabi Photos are now accepted for licence applications

Headscarved Martial Arts Professional Yenigül Uzan Previously, women could not wear a headscarf while engaged in a professional sport a...

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