Muslim women in sports know it isn?t all about their athletic ability.
Minnesota?s Fartun Osman was a ?rare? professional basketball player in her native Somalia.
Osman was recently honored by the McKnight Foundation for her work with girl?s soccer and basketball teams. She coaches three teams, one of which is an all-Muslim girls? soccer team.
?People look at these girls and assume if you?re a Muslim girl with a hijab [head scarf], you can?t play sports. But they can. They play soccer and basketball and love it. I help these girls have self-confidence and be leaders, too,? she said.
Olympic gold medalist Nawal El Moutawakel knows what it?s like to drive herself to succeed in sports and to inspire other Muslim women.
As the first woman from a Muslim nation to win a gold medal in 1984, track and field competitor El Moutawakel was originally from Morocco.
She embraces her position as a role model ? she has mentored girls in sports and watched as opportunities for men and women in Morrocan sports becomes more equal.
?I really felt when I saw all of those women, that you can as a woman have an energy that can be radiated around you and have a positive impact on women who most of the time think they are not allowed to compete, that they cannot do it because they?re women,? she said.
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