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I Never Felt More Like Myself: A Professional Basketball Player’s Hijab Journey

The Long Game: Sports Stories of Courage and Conviction by Foreign Policy and Doha Debates

Dec 7, 202127:59Sports & Recreation

Whenever an athlete steps onto a field, court, or fencing strip, they bring with them all that they are: their background, their lived experiences and their religion. But for some athletes, their faith is a bit more visi...

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I Never Felt More Like Myself: A Professional Basketball Player’s Hijab Journey is an episode from The Long Game: Sports Stories of Courage and Conviction by Foreign Policy and Doha Debates. Whenever an athlete steps onto a field, court, or...

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Published Dec 7, 2021, 27:59 long, audio available.

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What is I Never Felt More Like Myself: A Professional Basketball Player’s Hijab Journey about?

Whenever an athlete steps onto a field, court, or fencing strip, they bring with them all that they are: their background, their lived experiences and their religion. But for some athletes, their faith is a bit more visible than it is for others. As a college basketball player, Batouly Camara made three Final Four appearances with the University of Connecticut. She’s the daughter of immigrants, a children’s book author, and she’s the founder of WAKE, Women and Kids Empowerment. It's a non-profit dedicated to helping women and girls get access to sports and education. And if that’s not enough, she’s also one of the first Muslim women to play professional basketball in hijab. We want to hear from you! To fill out our 2021 listener survey, go to survey.fan/foreignpolicy.com

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I Never Felt More Like Myself: A Professional Basketball Player’s Hijab Journey is an episode from The Long Game: Sports Stories of Courage and Conviction by Foreign Policy and Doha Debates.

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