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Rehana Khalil is the sole athlete to represent a Great Britain basketball team while wearing a hijab

Rehana Khalil is the sole athlete to represent a Great Britain basketball team while wearing a hijab. Hailing from Manchester, she not only plays and coaches for the Manchester Mystics but also competes in the Women’s National Basketball League Division 1. She also represents Great Britain’s over-35s team, set to compete in the European Championship this summer in Italy.

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Sinead O’Connor: I had been a Muslim all my life and didn’t realise it … I am home by Farah Andrews

The singer discussed her religious journey and gave an emotional performance of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’   After a few years away from the limelight, Sinead O’Connor has returned to the public eye, giving a frank interview about her conversion to Islam and a raw performance of Nothing Compares 2 U on Irish TV show, The Late Late Show.    I read just chapter …

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‘So proud’: Heba Saadieh, the first Palestinian World Cup referee By Patrick Keddie

Saadieh tells Al Jazeera what she loves about refereeing, the challenges she’s overcome, and what it means to officiate in the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Saadieh in action during the 2020 AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying match between Myanmar and Bangladesh in Yangon, Myanmar [File: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA-EFE] Heba Saadieh is set to make history by becoming the first Palestinian – …

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Jamila Husain appointed Editor-in-Chief of Daily Mirror

 Senior journalist Jamila Husain has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Daily Mirror , Sri Lanka’s premier English-language daily. She assumed office on June 1. Jamila has the distinction of being the youngest Editor-in-Chief of a daily national newspaper in Sri Lanka. She began her career in journalism in 2003 with Sunday Leader, then joined Daily Mirror in 2007. She left Daily Mirror in 2010 to be …

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