Grappling with taboos, Iraqi women join wrestling squad

1,058 views · Published 16 November 2018 · 0:53 · Indexed 14 October 2026

Channel: WION · 2018 · News & Politics

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The toughest fight that Iraqi freestyle wrestler Alia Hussein ever faced was convincing her family that women should be allowed to grapple.

The 26-year-old student was a keen cyclist and basketball player but when she told her family last year that she wanted to try her hand at the physical world of wrestling she was met with abuse.

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