Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream

di Ibtihaj Muhammad (Autore)

Lori Tharps (Autore)

Little, Brown & Company, 2018

Growing up in Maplewood, New Jersey the only Black, Muslim-American in hijab, in middle school Ibtihaj discovered fencing, a sport traditionally reserved for the wealthy and elite. Though she would start fencing later than most at 12 years old, she had an undeniable talent-the sort that would soon put her on the international stage. But Ibtihaj saw something more in her Olympic journey: an opportunity to take action, to stand up and make a Muslim-American woman of color impossible to ignore. Ibtihaj's path to Olympic greatness has been marked with hateful opposition and near-debilitating challenges-bigotry from teammates at Duke University and Team USA, death threats, and social hardships as a Muslim-American. In Proud, her exhilarating emergence from young outsider to national hero and outspoken activist is a timeless, uniquely American tale of hard work, determination, and resilience that hasn't been told.

• Autore: Ibtihaj Muhammad, Lori Tharps
• Editore: Little, Brown & Company
• Anno: 2018
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 256 p.
• Dimensioni: 164 x 231 mm
• Peso: 492 gr.
• EAN: 9780316518963

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