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Muslim Female Athletes Use Voice and Visibility to Break Barriers There is a crisis of representation in the media. We live in a racially and ethnically diverse nation that is 51% female, but the news media itself remains staggeringly limited to a single…

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Shirzanan is a proud presenting partner of "Girl Unbound" at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London. Screenings are March 15-16 but festival runs March 6-17. Buy tickets now!

See Girl Unbound In Waziristan, Pakistan, women are forbidden to play sports. MariaToorpakai disguised herself as a boy and became Pakistan's finest squash player, despite death threats to her and her family. See GIRL UNBOUND 15-16 March at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival & meet women's rights advocates from ar...

Please support Shirzanan and Athlete Ally by sharing this graphic and our Open Letter calling for FIBA to do the right thing and end the hijab ban in basketball. The FIBA Central Board will meet on January 27. Help us capture their attention on the days leading up to their evaluation. Thanks!

http://give.athleteally.net/athlete-ally-shirzanan-publish-open-letter-demanding-fiba-overturn-hijab-ban/

For more about Shirzanan Media + Advocacy for Muslim Females in Sport - which began as a project of Non-Stop Media - visit Facebook.com/Shirzanan1

Shirzanan joined athletes-advocates who fight for the human right to sport and against discrimination that denies fair access. Athlete Ambassador Soolmaz Abooali is featured in a piece by Deadspin: "Athletes Pick A Side At the Women's March" -
https://t.co/1doI2SvNnh

Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March On the eve of the Women’s March in Washington, a group of female athletes gathered together at a tiny Mexican bar minutes from the Capitol building.

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Strengthen Muslim female leaders in sports & life!
To develop role models and leaders in sports and life, we'll invite 6 Muslim soccer captains from 6 countries (Team Shirzanan 2017) to The Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy (JFSLA) followed by advocacy training in New York. Now more than ever, we value the universal power of sport to unify and unite. With Team Shirzanan 2015 as our model, we know this unique sports exchange will also contribute to cross-cultural understanding among the American hosts and multi-national Muslim guests.
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In an op-ed by Solmaz Sharif, co-founder of Shirzanan Global calls for FIVB to help end ban on Iranian women from attending men's volleyball matches. Shirzanan fights for access to sports for all Muslim females---as players AND spectators.

Iranian women should not face arrest and threats for watching volleyball The ability for Iranian women to be at stadiums is symbolic of their right to occupy public spaces, and to celebrate key moments in the life of the country

Op-ed by Shirzanan Athlete Ambassador Kulsoom B. Abdullah describes how her efforts led to the International Weightlifting Federation's ruling modification that allowed Muslim women to wear attire that accommodates their religion. This pioneering sportswomen opened competitive Olympic weightlifting to observant Muslim females including Egyptian Sarah Ahmed who made history in the RIo Olympics last week:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sara-ahmed-medal-weightlifting_us_57acad49e4b0db3be07d72db.

Sports shouldn’t exclude Muslim women athletes who choose to compete covered Muslim girls and women face unique challenges in sports — clothing shouldn’t be an additional deterrent