Press
April 24, 2017
Fast Company: Meet The Muslim Woman Who Inspired Nike To Enter The Hijab Business
https://www.fastcompany.com/40407096/meet-the-muslim-woman-who-inspired-nike-to-enter-the-hijab-businessIt was two years ago when Amna Al Haddad, while training for the Rio summer Olympics, got the call: Nike wanted to sponsor her and give […]
March 29, 2017
NEIU Independent: Nike reveals pro hijab
https://neiuindependent.org/7984/sports/7984/After running a controversial commercial directed at Arab women, Nike unveiled its new “Pro Hijab,” a high performance Hijab for Muslim women athletes. Read More
March 20, 2017
Express Tribune: This Muslim athlete’s got an important message about the Nike Pro Hijab
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1360305/muslim-athletes-got-important-message-nike-pro-hijab/It’s been a while since international sports giant Nike announced it would soon be launching the first-ever sportswear headscarf – the Nike Pro Hijab – to […]
March 17, 2017
Books for girls, about girls: the publishers trying to balance the bookshelves
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/17/childrens-books-for-girls-publishers-writers-gender-imbalanceThe book is called Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, but reading a handful of its 100 stories about some of the most brilliant women in […]
March 14, 2017
Washington Post: ‘We couldn’t be ignored’: Muslim weightlifter defends Nike’s hijab launch
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/03/07/nikes-new-pro-hijab-line-will-help-muslim-women-compete-while-staying-covered/?utm_term=.cde0cf59af27One of the female athletes who inspired Nike to create a specially designed hijab has defended both the product and timing of its launch after the […]
March 10, 2017
The Independent: This Muslim Olympic athlete has an important message about the Nike hijab
https://www.indy100.com/news/nike-hijab-muslim-olympic-weightlifter-sportswoman-amna-al-haddad-uae-7636481“I felt that people were confused by the launch and I was inspired to raise awareness that with such a product Nike isn’t dismissing anyone else’s […]
March 10, 2017
Emirati Athlete Defends This New Sports Hijab Against Critics
https://emirateswoman.com/emirati-athlete-defends-a-new-sports-hijab-against-critics/“I support Muslim women with or without hijab, and how they dress is their choice,” says Amna Al Haddad. She was one of the women behind […]
March 8, 2017
US Magazine: Nike Is Launching Its First Athletic Hijab
https://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/news/we-love-nike-for-launching-its-first-athletic-hijab-details-w471029/The brand teamed up with prominent Muslim female athletes, including United Arab Emirates’ Amna Al Haddad, Nike+ Run Club Coach Manal Rostom and Emirati figure skater […]
March 6, 2017
BBC: The anti-princess book teaching girls to rebel
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-39115031So begins the true story of Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Prize-winning Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban in 2012, in the newly published children’s […]
July 11, 2016
Washington Post: Middle Eastern women were once discouraged from sport. A new generation now chases Olympic glory.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/muslim-women-were-once-forbidden-from-sport-a-new-generation-now-chases-olympic-glory/2016/07/11/ec01b4a6-2cb6-11e6-9de3-6e6e7a14000c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ca89dc2ce066In a coffeehouse with the world’s tallest building preening from two miles out the front window, here sits another groundbreaker: a 26-year-old, female, Emirati, Arab, Muslim, […]