Description
| Product ID: | 9780316518963 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Proud |
| Subtitle: | My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream |
| Authors: | Author: Ibtihaj Muhammad, Lori Tharps |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, Biography: sport, Islam, Gender studies: women and girls, Ethnic studies, Olympic and Paralympic games, Fencing, Biography: sport, Islam, Gender studies: women, Ethnic studies, Olympic & Paralympic games, Fencing |
| Description: | Olympic medalist fencer and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People Ibtihaj Muhummad's inspiring memoir about the tremendous obstacles, racism, and pressures she has overcome to become the first Muslim-American woman to compete in hijab for the United States. Growing up in Maplewood, New Jersey the only Black, Muslim-American in hijab, in middle school Ibtihaj discovered fencing, a sport traditionally reserved for the wealthy and elite. Though she would start fencing later than most at 12 years old, she had an undeniable talent-the sort that would soon put her on the international stage. |
| Imprint Name: | Grand Central Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-08-30 |
