# Proud

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- Authors: [Ibtihaj Muhammad](https://www.bookquiver.com/ibtihaj-muhammad), [Lori Tharps](https://www.bookquiver.com/lori-tharps)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2018-08-30

## Description

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.

## Editions

### Proud

- Publisher: grand_central_publishing
- ISBN: 978-03-1651-896-3
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2018-08-30
- Language: en_GB