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Islam, Women and Sport: The Case of Visible Muslim Women

This article for the LSE Religion and Global Society interdisciplinary blog by Birmingham's Dr Haifaa Jawad was one of their top ten posts in 2022.

6 January 2023
The Aston Webb building at the University of Birmingham campus

With the relative invisibility of Muslim women in major sporting competitions, Dr Haifaa Jawad assesses the current motivations and challenges facing Muslim women in sport.

This post was highlighted as one of the most read and shared items on the LSE Religion and Global Society blog in 2022.

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    Biographical and contact information for Dr Haifaa Jawad, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham.

    Email: h.a.jawad@bham.ac.uk

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