'I am really shy': introducing Phoenix, the world’s first hijab-wearing champion wrestler

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Malaysia’s Nor Diana, 19, says she becomes transformed in the ring, ready to take on her opponent – and conservative Islamic critics

Nor Diana can remember vividly the first time she stepped out to make her wrestling debut. Outside the ropes she had always been a quiet and studious hijab-wearing Malaysian woman, but here in the ring, dressed in black leather embossed with flames and as the crowd roared, she suddenly felt like a fire burst from inside her: here she was Phoenix.

 

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Paumées (french for 'girls completly lost')

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PaulieD55 This makes me sad for womankind.

pull another one

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who cares

This is ridiculous, this not hijab, its a way to dilute Islamic dress requirements.

Faith is personal.... Every human have been given individual talent either they realised it or it stay hidden .... But the best way is to follow your passion ....

Feminism is incompatible with patriarchal religion.

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