![]() ![]() When the young Abdiwahid decided she wanted to learn how to land some kicks and punches, she had a community of support in Great Britain. The religious extremist group view sport as non-Islamic and strongly forbid women from practising sport. The British-born Somalis freely engaged in sports, an indulgence that is highly uncommon in Somalia, due to religious and societal pressures, and the fear of the militant Islamist group Al-Shabaab. ![]() They settled in England, an opportunity their young children fully explored. ![]() Like millions of other Somalis, Abdiwahid’s parents fled their home country, escaping political instability and civil war. Munirah Abdiwahid on her pursuing her childhood passion Jordanian taekwondo trailblazer Julyana Al-Sadeq: “Girls can wear a hijab and fight”.How to qualify for Paris 2024 in taekwondo.She’s among the new generation of Muslim women in sports challenging stereotypes, and aims to inspire more Somali women to take up combat sport. “I want to rise to the top and prove that, as a Somali girl with the headscarf, we can do it.” - Munirah Abdiwahid to “What inspires me is I am doing it for girls like me that don't have the opportunity,” she says in an exclusive interview with from her home in London. She is now fighting to become the first-ever taekwondo athlete from her home country to qualify for the Olympics.īut Abdiwahid’s Paris 2024 quest and goals goes beyond chasing history. Her passion for taekwondo even drew in her mother to the dojang.Īged only 15, Munirah Abdiwahid won her first cap for the Somalia national team, the country’s first professional taekwondo female athlete. The British-born Somali practised the combat sport with her brothers at a local club. When six-year-old Munirah Warsame Abdiwahid started practicing taekwondo, she never imagined that her choice of sport would make history. ![]()
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