Olympic fencing bronze medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad inspired students at the Islamic Foundation School in Villa Park with her story.
Olympic fencing bronze medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad inspired students with her story during a visit at the Islamic Foundation School in Villa Park.
Muhammad is known for being the first Muslim-American woman to wear a hijab while competing at the Olympic Games. The Olympian-turned author is promoting her latest children's book: "The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship.""When I was growing up, I didn't see a lot of picture books that had stories of brown characters, didn't have stories that had character that wear hijab," she said."I grew up relentlessly bullied and it was really difficult to often be the only kid who was Muslim or to be the only brown kid on the fencing strip," Muhammad said.
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