A 20-year-old Mumbaikar is breaking hijab stereotypes and setting fitness goals
Updated On: 24 January, 2023 01:58 PM IST | Mumbai | Anuka Roy
Jogeshwari resident Haleema Momin is known as ‘Hijabi Beast’ on Instagram and has a gold medal in martial arts
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She was 13 when she was inspired by her sister to get into fitness. Now, at 20, she is balancing her studies as well as following her love for fitness. Sounds like any other youngster? However, Jogeshwari resident Haleema Momin has not just been setting fitness goals; she has been breaking stereotypes about women in hijab.
A confident Haleema says that she never saw the hijab as a hurdle in her path. “Hijab is always been part of our lives since childhood. Soon fitness became my passion; and now for many years I have been practising a lot of different sports activities while carrying my hijab gracefully.”
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