GAME CHANGERS Charlene Smith, with Shireen Ahmed and Amreen Kadwa

Join us for the launch of Game Changers: Stories of Hijabi Athletes from around the World, by Charlene Smith! In conversation with Shireen Ahmed. Featuring Amreen Kadwa.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Meet 13 inspiring hijabi athletes who are changing the rules.

Many of these women were the first in their sport to compete while wearing the hijab. Some were up against cultural traditions that didn't allow girls to play sports. And some fought to have institutional anti-hijab rules changed so that they, and Muslim girls after them, would be able to compete.

Discover the stories of Egyptian beach volleyball player Doaa Elghobashy, UAE hockey player Fatima Al Ali, Afghani soccer player Hajar Abulfazl and Syrian-American runner Rahaf Khatib, among many others. Game Changers shows the next generation of Muslim girls that they don't have to choose between following their religion and following their dreams.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Charlene Smith is a hijabi who tries to keep up with her six children in various sports. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta. She enjoys downhill skiing in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and downhill mountain biking in the Coast and Columbia Mountains of British Columbia. Game Changers is her first book.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Shireen Ahmed is an award-winning multi-platform Sports Journalist at CBC Sports, and Instructor of Sports Journalism and Sport Media at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is a global expert on Muslim women in Sport, and internationally recognized for her work on racism and misogyny in sports. Shireen lives in Mississauga with her husband, children and cat. She drinks coffee as a tool of resistance.