Muslim Women in Sports
Muslims are often portrayed in the negative light and have been severely oppressed over these last few years. This class was a very such a great experience understanding the Islamic culture in media and in the pop culture. We covered the various stereotypes and stigmas that are link and related to Muslims. We even discussed about Muslims in politics, news coverage, advertisement, the Internet, and television and film. Not to leave out the discussions of the growing ideology to segregate and prohibit Muslims form the United States of America, which is being preached by the U. S. President. What we learned in this helped us understand how to portray a minority group in the media, to understand and make research on their …show more content…
Ronni and I firmly believe that sports is the one time that people can actually overlook your race, your gender, your skin colour and really focus on the important matter. In sports you are not actually judged by your physical characteristics, you are judged by your skills, performance and character. It’s a business and the higher level you compete the less all the other stuff matters. You want the best and people want to cheer and support the best. The unfortunate part about that is that now a day, because of the current social situation, more and more people are putting tags on athletes in relation to their race. That can be a good thing but it can also take away from what they do best. Their race doesn’t make them better or less, and for a long time in sports that has been a barrier that has been …show more content…
Muslim women have been around for decades competing in World Championship and in the Olympics. Just now the world is starting to recognize them and bring it to light.
Ronni and I have the opportunity to have Muslim decent teammates. All these stereotypes and stigmas about Muslims are definitely challenged and not applicable to these women. Not only do we have Muslim teammates, but we also have friends who are athletes at other NCAA schools on full scholarship. On the side we also included Muslim woman who are breaking barriers and who are representing their countries at the international scale very well.
I actually discovered Doaa Elghobashy browsing on one of my favorite volleyball sites. She is a Beach Volleyball player for Egypt and she actually competed in the last Olympics and her story is very interesting but that was the first time that Egypt has ever qualified to go to the Olympics. What make her special is that she competes in her hijab and keeps her whole body covered. The conditions to playing beach volleyball in the heat are already very demanding physically, especially if you are playing in a tropical country. Despite that, Doaa doesn’t let the heat nor her beliefs prohibit her from playing the sport she loves. That is something I really admire from her because many people
Muslims are often portrayed in the negative light and have been severely oppressed over these last few years. This class was a very such a great experience understanding the Islamic culture in media and in the pop culture. We covered the various stereotypes and stigmas that are link and related to Muslims. We even discussed about Muslims in politics, news coverage, advertisement, the Internet, and television and film. Not to leave out the discussions of the growing ideology to segregate and prohibit Muslims form the United States of America, which is being preached by the U. S. President. What we learned in this helped us understand how to portray a minority group in the media, to understand and make research on their …show more content…
Ronni and I firmly believe that sports is the one time that people can actually overlook your race, your gender, your skin colour and really focus on the important matter. In sports you are not actually judged by your physical characteristics, you are judged by your skills, performance and character. It’s a business and the higher level you compete the less all the other stuff matters. You want the best and people want to cheer and support the best. The unfortunate part about that is that now a day, because of the current social situation, more and more people are putting tags on athletes in relation to their race. That can be a good thing but it can also take away from what they do best. Their race doesn’t make them better or less, and for a long time in sports that has been a barrier that has been …show more content…
Muslim women have been around for decades competing in World Championship and in the Olympics. Just now the world is starting to recognize them and bring it to light.
Ronni and I have the opportunity to have Muslim decent teammates. All these stereotypes and stigmas about Muslims are definitely challenged and not applicable to these women. Not only do we have Muslim teammates, but we also have friends who are athletes at other NCAA schools on full scholarship. On the side we also included Muslim woman who are breaking barriers and who are representing their countries at the international scale very well.
I actually discovered Doaa Elghobashy browsing on one of my favorite volleyball sites. She is a Beach Volleyball player for Egypt and she actually competed in the last Olympics and her story is very interesting but that was the first time that Egypt has ever qualified to go to the Olympics. What make her special is that she competes in her hijab and keeps her whole body covered. The conditions to playing beach volleyball in the heat are already very demanding physically, especially if you are playing in a tropical country. Despite that, Doaa doesn’t let the heat nor her beliefs prohibit her from playing the sport she loves. That is something I really admire from her because many people