Showing posts with label Hijab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hijab. Show all posts

Jun 9, 2014

Afghanistan Women’s Football League


The Afghan Football Club recorded its second consecutive title win in Women’s Football Premier League in Kabul.
The defending champion defeated Maihan Football Club 4-0 in the final match of season 2 of Women’s Premier League.
A number of Women’s National Football Team players were playing in Afghan and Maihan Football Clubs, which helped them to defeat the other football clubs and appear in the final match.
The Women’s Committee started work in Afghanistan Football Federation in 2003 with only two teams; however, the committee has managed to encourage more female athletes in football sport.
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Sep 16, 2012

Royal couple in mosque

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the Assyakirin Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, 14 September 2012.
The Royal Couple (Princes William and Kate Middleton) have made their first appearance ever in the Mosque during their visit to Malaysia.
Prince Williams was dressed in the well fitted suit in shadow blue color while Kate Middleton stunned everyone on the venue when she stepped out of her car outside the Assyakirin Mosque in the centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The dress was in the knee length she was unexpectedly wearing Veil when she ahead toward Mosque.
It was reported that she is visiting the South East Asian countries on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II and currently they are visiting Assyakirin Mosque in the centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which is the biggest mosque in Malaysia and can host about 12,000 people on Friday prayer.
The appearance of Kate Middleton in the veil has made everyone to commemorate the late Princess Diana who also shown her religious ethics and affection while visiting the mosque in Egypt and Pakistan in 1992.

Sep 14, 2012

Paralympic's Muslim women

Azerbaijan's Madinat Abdullayeva competes in the Women's Discus Throw final athletics event during the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in east London, on Sept. 4. (Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images)

Sep 8, 2012

First veiled weightlifter

Ghada Hassine makes history as first woman weightlifter allowed to compete while wearing hijab and unitard.
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -69 kg event and finished tenth.

Sep 4, 2012

World hijab day

Women from the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan march at a rally to mark the World Hijab Day, in Islamabad on September 4, 2012.
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Aug 7, 2012

Painful strides

qatar, noor hussain almalki, olympic 2012
Qatar's Noor Hussain Al-Malki sits on the track after suffering injury in a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Aug. 3, 2012.
The 17-year-old Al-Malki was the first Qatari woman to compete in track and field at the Olympics, after the country decided to include female athletes in its delegation for the first time.

Aug 5, 2012

Muslim olympic girls

Muslim olympic girls, london, 2012, Yemen's Fatima Sulaiman Dahman and Oman's Shinoona Salah Al-Habsi
Yemen's Fatima Sulaiman Dahman and Oman's Shinoona Salah Al-Habsi, right, chat after a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Jul 28, 2012

First saudi female olympic athlete

first saudi female olympic athlete
Sarah Attar of Saudi Arabia enters the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Friday in London, England.
Saudi Arabia's first female Olympic athletes made their appearance at the opening ceremony to the London Games on Friday.

Nov 28, 2011

Muslim Bride

Kubra Gul weddingTurkey's President Abdullah Gul's daughter Kubra Gul and bridegroom Mehmet Sarimermer pose during their wedding ceremony in Istanbul October 14, 2007.
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Dec 26, 2010

I Love Oman

I Love OmanAn Omani fan attends a Gulf Cup soccer match between Oman and Iraq in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan November 29, 2010.

Nov 27, 2010

Hijab isn't limitation

Hijab isn't limitationKhadijeh Azadpour is the first female Iranian athlete earning a gold medal in martial arts in Asian games. Female Iranian athletes competed in their games whereas wear hijab. They showed the hijab isn't limitation. Female Iranian athletes earned 14 medals in Asian Games in Guangzhou. The Asian Games, a kind of mini-Olympics for the world's most populous region, is a showcase for the best athletes Asia has to offer.
More pictures of female Iranian athletes:
Khadijeh Azadpour, Gold, Women's Sanshou 60kg
Samira Malekipour, Bronze, Women's -68Kg Karate
The bronze medal in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team of Shooting
Sara Khosh Jamal Fekri, Bronze, Women's Under 46kg Taekwondo
Raheleh Asemani, Silver, Women's Under 62 Kg Taekwondo
Elaheh Mansoryan, Bronze, Women's Sanshou Wushu 52kg