Eman Mohammed

Photojournalist+Senior TED fellow

www.emanmohammed.com

Muslim-American Women Athletes

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Location: Washington, D.C.

Nationality: American+Palestinian

Biography: Eman Mohammed is an award-winning photojournalist and Senior TED fellow, currently based in Washington, DC. Eman is a visual artist, born in Saudi Arabia and educated in Gaza City, Palestine where she started her photojournalism career at the age... MORE

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Subreen Dari, 33 years old Pal...e for the forty-nine category.

Subreen Dari, 33 years old Palestinian- American weightlifter and athlete living in Strongsville, Ohio, started her fitness journey coincidentally when she dropped off her son at a sports training facility and met with his trainer who gauged Subreen’s interest in joining the female weightlifting athletes team.
Over the following years, the mom of two and full-time office manager and part-time nursing student became passionate about competing at weightlifting contests locally. Subreen describes her being one of very few Muslim-Hijabi women weightlifters in the sport “ I feel so empowered, doing what I love and being good at it while remaining true to myself. It makes me proud as a mom; It humbles me to know I’m setting a positive example for my daughter Rihana, so when she imagines the future, she knows she can be anything she wants.”
Dari’s five years in the sport impressively qualified her to become one of the top ten US female weightlifters in the 49 weight class. Subreen’s training for the next Olympics in Peru started during the pandemic as she is expected to participate as a female weightlifting athlete for the forty-nine category.

Subreen Dari, 33 years old Pal... for the forty- nine category.

Subreen Dari, 33 years old Palestinian- American weightlifter and athlete living in Strongsville, Ohio, started her fitness journey coincidentally when she dropped off her son at a sports training facility and met with his trainer who gauged Subreen’s interest in join- ing the female weightlifting athletes team.
Over the following years, the mom of two and full-time office manager and part-time nursing student became passionate about competing at weightlifting contests locally. Subreen describes her being one of very few Muslim-Hijabi women weightlifters in the sport “ I feel so empow- ered, doing what I love and being good at it while remaining true to myself. It makes me proud as a mom; It humbles me to know I’m setting a positive example for my daughter Rihana, so when she imagines the future, she knows she can be anything she wants.”
Dari’s five years in the sport impressively qualified her to become one of the top ten US female weightlifters in the 49 weight class. Subreen’s training for the next Olympics in Peru started dur- ing the pandemic as she is expected to participate as a female weightlifting athlete for the forty- nine category.

Aprar Hassan, 19 years old, Mu...gain.” She explains.

Aprar Hassan, 19 years old, Muslim-American Karate female athlete with Sandan (third-degree black built). Hassan started playing Karate when she was only 3 years old, motivated by encouragement and support from her father and karate instructor, Yasser Salama. Salama himself competed on the Egyptian national karate team before immigrating to Brooklyn, NY, in 1996.
At the age of five, Aprar started competing at the U.S. national championships for karate; by 2017, the young athlete won her first national title. She described her journey as a young Muslim Hijabi karate athlete as challenging at times due to her other’s perception of her identity as a Muslim and the “ lack of knowledge and ignorance of some individuals at the sport.”Aprar’s last pre-pandemic competition was The world Champions in Scotland, where she was blindsided with the possibility of disqualifying her as a referee objected to her competing with a head-cover wasn’t against the sport's guidelines, she was later allowed to compete.
In the following week, Hasan competed at the Nationals in Florida and won the gold medal again. Aprar’s achievements had to be put on hold after the Coronavirus spread back in March 2020, “For now, goals in Karate for competing will be set for fall 2021 and spring 2022, assuming things don’t shut down again.” She explains.

Sara Yogi, 23 years old Nepali...ing to compete professionally.

Sara Yogi, 23 years old Nepali-American skater living in San Diego, California. Yogi’s skating started as a hobby three years ago.
Her appreciation of the sport goes beyond its fun moves and flip tricks.“As a woman of colour and Muslim hijabi, I feel welcomed and accepted within the skater's community here; the competition is friendly and very focused on spreading the knowledge and passionate about the fun of the sport, learning, and teaching; it's just a very positive and impactful community.” Sara’s full-time job at retail doesn’t stop her from clocking out just in time to hit the skating board. However, she continues to the overwhelming and demanding work life and college schedule, which delays her advancement at skating and making the leap to start training to compete professionally.

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Muslim-American Women Athletes

Copyright ⒸEman Mohammed 2024

Updated Aug 2021

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Topics Community, Culture, Culture stories, Editorial, Ethnic minorities, Feminism, Islam, Journalism, Minority, Muslim-Woman Athletes, Photojournalism, Race, Religion, Religious minorities, Spirituality, Sports, Womens Rights, World, Youth