Ibtihaj Muhammad, a saber fencer for Team USA, will make history later this year when she becomes the first American to compete in the Olympics while wearing a hijab. Team USA announced on Tuesday ...

British kickboxer Ruqsana Begum doesn’t wear the hijab to perform, but she has much to say about the difficulties Muslim women athletes have with the hijab in sports. (Photo: Ruqsana Begum) British ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the non-descript black scarf covering her head. With that small gesture, ...

Olympic athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad continues to make history. In 2016, she was the first U.S. Olympic athlete to compete wearing a hijab at the Rio games. Now, she’s representative of women and girls ...

Barbie created its first hijab-wearing doll modeled after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Barbie’s breaking barriers! Ibtihaj Muhammad was the first-ever U.S. Olympic athlete to compete wearing a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ibtihaj Muhammad during a fencing event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (Photo: Getty Images) (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV via Getty Images) ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the non-descript black scarf covering her head. With that small gesture, Muhammad ...

(RNS) Thirty-year-old fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history as the first American Olympian to compete in a hijab – and then won a medal, too. (RNS) Clothes have a special meaning for 30-year-old fencer ...

Barbie has a new look — and she's breaking boundaries yet again. Each year, the "Shero" Barbie program honors a select group of notable women who inspire the next generation of woman leaders. The ...

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