Cenk Uygur
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Nike Releases New Sportswear For Muslim Women
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March 9, 2017
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5:15Now PlayingNike is releasing a new line of Pro Hijab for Muslim athletes. Cenk Uygur, and John Iadarola, the hosts of The Young Turks, show you the Pro Hijab. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Seeing an underserved market in the growing number of Muslim women who work out and compete in sports, Nike plans to launch a specially-designed hijab in spring 2018.
The “Nike Pro Hajib” was inspired, the company says, by Sarah Attar, a runner from Saudi Arabia who competed in the London Olympics 800-meter race while wearing a hijab, and by Amna Al Haddad, an Emerati weightlifter who competed in the Rio Olympics last summer.
“We worked with Amna and a variety of other athletes to see what they needed and wanted in a performance hijab,” a spokesperson told Al Arabiya English. “What we heard was that women were looking for a lightweight and breathable solution that would stay in place without concern of shifting.”
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