[Hayat Lambarki, athletics, Morocco. Nisrine Dandan, basketball, Lebanon. Hania Fouda, archery, Egypt. Photographs by Brigitte Lacombe. Images via Vanity Fair]

Images from Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport exhibition.

Good on Vanity Fair for featuring the gallery. But can we tone down the “Wow. Some Arab women are athletes. They even have muscles! Whoa, is that a hijab?” shock. 

 
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