Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad was asked to remove her hijab while registering at SXSW. Muhammad was checking in at the Austin-based festival on Saturday and was asked to take her headscarf off.

When Ibtihaj Muhammad graduated from Duke as a three-time all-American in fencing, she was unsure if she saw a future for herself in the sport. No one wore a hijab while competing and she ...

When she fences, no one can tell that Ibtihaj Muhammad is wearing a headscarf. That was the whole point. Growing up in New Jersey, Muhammad’s after-school schedule was a round robin of youth ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the nondescript black scarf covering her head. With that small gesture ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad (left) fences Karina Trois of Brazil ... “Where other people may hyperventilate or feel faint when having a panic attack, my anxiety essentially caused high levels of tiredness ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad will leave Rio de Janeiro as more than an Olympic medalist – she’ll leave as a history maker. The fencer was the first American athlete to compete in the Olympics while ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad od the United States adjusts her hijab prior to competing with Olena Kravatska of Ukraine in the women's individual saber fencing event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad also runs a clothing label for Muslim women. — -- Saber fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history today by becoming the first Muslim-American woman to wear a hijab while competing ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad on the beach in Sealine, Qatar in February 2019. You've been very busy as an advocate, lending your voice to causes you believe in. How did that start? IBTIHAJ MUHAMMAD ...

She hasn’t earned an Olympic medal just yet, but fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is already making history. The 30-year-old Maplewood, New Jersey, native will be the first U.S. athlete to compete in the ...

Mattel (MAT), which makes Barbie, announced Monday that the latest doll in its "Shero" collection will be modeled after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. In 2016, Muhammad became the first American ...