Skip to main content

Muna’s Passion for Basketball Inspires Her to Create Activewear for Muslim Women

Growing up as a Somali girl in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, Muna Mohamed’s love for basketball has led to creating a special activewear for Muslim women and girls, Sahan Journal reported.  

In Minneapolis, she spent years as the only girl on the basketball court. Moving to South St. Paul, she joined her school’s basketball team, pursuing her love for the sport all the way to playing semi-professional ball with the TC Elite.

📚 Read Also: ASOS Praised for Launching Modest Muslim Fashion Collection

Now as a coach, she wants to encourage more Muslim girls to follow their passion, returning to her old neighborhood to break the barriers that have often kept young Muslim women out of the game. 

“I just got sad that the girls were struggling. I saw myself in them,” she said. “If I could go back and look at what I wore, I would’ve never worn it, but I only did it for the game of basketball and I wish there was someone there advocating for me.”

In order to encourage people to be more physically active, and healthier, she created Kalsoni activewear for Muslim women and girls.

The word Kalsoni is a Somali word which translates to “confidence” is a feeling that Muna said is crucial for any Muslim woman working on her physical fitness.

“I realized we shouldn’t run away from our culture and I wanted a word that represented what I was, who the girls were, and whether we’re on the court or off the court, there was a sense of confidence,” she said.

What Muslim Women Need

Over the past few years, there have been a growing market for modest fashion across the world.

In 2020, a leading American sporting clothing company, “Under Armour Inc.”, unveiled its first hijab for female Muslim athletes.

In December 2017, Nike launched the Nike Pro Hijab to give Muslim athletes a deserved representation in global athletic sportswear.

Though well-known brands like Under Armour and Nike have launched their versions of modest activewear, Muna believes that they fall short of what Muslim women need.

“They often don’t understand the type of hijabs that you need to create to cater to all Muslims,” she said.

“That’s why I have the different versatile hijabs from sports shawls to the sports hijab for everyone.”

Now, Muna sells her products in the USA and abroad.

“I’ve sold to folks in Finland, Norway, Sweden, and now getting orders from South Africa and Kenya,” she said.

“It was nice to see it validated in Minnesota, but then it was a unique opportunity when folks were reaching out to me.”

The post Muna’s Passion for Basketball Inspires Her to Create Activewear for Muslim Women appeared first on About Islam.



source https://aboutislam.net/muslim-issues/n-america/munas-passion-for-basketball-inspires-her-to-create-activewear-for-muslim-women/
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

List of Times and Places Where Dua is Accepted

A short reminder regarding the recommended times of dua . And I think what you need to know here is that the recommended times of dua or recommended things that can cause your dua to be accepted, can be divided into two sort of large groups: Am I Good Enough to Make Dua for Myself? Situations where your dua is accepted. Times where your dua is accepted So I’m going to very briefly mention them one after the other as much as possible. As for situations where your dua has been accepted: – The person who has been wronged or oppressed . – A person who finds themselves in severe difficulty after a calamity has struck. – The person who is traveling. – Someone who is fasting. – The one who is reciting the Quran or has just recited the Quran – Someone who is performing Hajj or Umrah or jihad. – The one who is making dua for someone in their absence . Because we know that when you make dua for someone in his absence an angel says: “ Ameen and to you”. – A person...
Post a Comment
Read More »

Derechos de Las Mujeres en Islam

Durante el Tiempo del Profeta (la paz sea con él) Veamos cómo fueron tratadas las mujeres de todo el mundo durante la época del Profeta (la paz sea con él). En la Europa del siglo VIII, la religión principal era el catolicismo y durante este tiempo debatían si las mujeres tenían alma. Dijeron que las mujeres eran impuras y que no tenían derecho a la herencia. A las mujeres tampoco se les permitía tocar la Biblia. No era como ahora en el Islam, donde ellas no pueden tocar el Corán durante la menstruación, pero a las mujeres en la Europa del siglo VIII nunca se les permitió tocar la Biblia. En China e India, fueron quemadas vivas cuando murieron sus maridos. En Arabia Saudita practicaron infanticidio femenino en el que, si nacía una niña, la enterrarían viva. Si el marido de una mujer muere, un miembro de su familia se unirá a ella para demostrar que ahora es de su propiedad. Mujeres en el Islam Con el Islam llegó una nueva era para las mujeres. En el Islam, las mujeres tienen la...
Post a Comment
Read More »

Ghuraba (The Strangers): Nasheed with English Subtitles

Islam began as something strange, and it shall return to being something strange, so give glad tidings the strangers. (Sahih Muslim 145) This famous nasheed has many versions; this one is from Muhammad al-Salman and has the subtitles in English embedded. [We are] strangers and we do not bow the foreheads to anyone besides Allah  […] Transliteration to help in the pronounciation:  Ghurabaa’ wa li ghairillaahi laa nahnil jibaa Aisha Stacey  wrote in an article for Aboutislam.net : “I think that many of you would agree that being Muslim in the 21st century makes you well acquainted with being strange. It might even be a metaphor for random, as in you have been randomly selected. […] many converts to Islam will tell you about feeling as if they were strangers, before finding Islam. They will speak of feeling that they belonged somewhere else that their lives were just slightly off center. They often speak about a vague sense of knowing they were not like everyone else...
Post a Comment
Read More »