View Amna Al Haddad Weightlifter PNG. A year later, she became the first competitive weightlifter to rock a hijab. She was the first arab woman to compete in the reebok crossfit asia regionals back in 2012.

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In 2013, she broke more barriers as she embarked on olympic weightlifting where she also the 1st hijabi weightlifter and have competed internationally; Amna al haddad, olympic weightlifter. And most recently, haddad moderated an emirati women's day talk that.

No surprise then that she is part of nike's latest campaign inner strength (she was previously involved in the brand's new year's resolutions/better for it global campaign back in january).

Olof lindh director of photography: Yahoo reports that al haddad, a weightlifter from the u.a.e., posted an open letter to facebook explaining why the nike pro hijab is so important to her as a woman and a muslim. In 2013, she broke more barriers as she embarked on olympic weightlifting where she also the 1st hijabi weightlifter and have competed internationally; A year later, she became the first competitive weightlifter to rock a hijab.