VILLA PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- Olympic fencing bronze medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad inspired students with her story during a visit at the Islamic Foundation School in Villa Park. "Being a student-athlete here ...

British kickboxer Ruqsana Begum doesn’t wear the hijab to perform, but she has much to say about the difficulties Muslim women athletes have with the hijab in sports. (Photo: Ruqsana Begum) British ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the non-descript black scarf covering her head. With that small gesture, ...

This story appears in the Rio Olympics feature series. View the full series. U.S. Olympic team fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad poses for a portrait at the U.S. Olympic Committee media summit in Beverly Hills, ...

Barbie created its first hijab-wearing doll modeled after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Barbie’s breaking barriers! Ibtihaj Muhammad was the first-ever U.S. Olympic athlete to compete wearing a ...

*Mattel has unveiled the first-ever hijab-wearing Barbie doll, inspired by U.S. Fencing Team member Ibtihaj Muhammad, who was the first Olympic athlete to compete wearing a hijab at the 2016 Rio ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ibtihaj Muhammad during a fencing event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (Photo: Getty Images) (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV via Getty Images) ...

NEW YORK -- For the first time ever, Barbie will wear a hijab. Mattel, which makes Barbie, announced Monday that the latest doll in its "Shero" collection will be modeled after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the non-descript black scarf covering her head. With that small gesture, Muhammad ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad displays her Barbie "Shero" doll at Glamour's 2017 Women of the Year Summit. Credit: Getty Images for Glamour Barbie's newest "Shero" is Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. Muhammad made ...

"I'm proud to know that little girls everywhere can now play with a Barbie who chooses to wear hijab! This is a childhood dream come true," the Olympian tweeted. Ibtihaj Muhammad made history at the ...