Sannah Hussain is a boxer from Scotland, currently in training for "Judgement Night", a boxing tournament in Glasgow. She is also Muslim and she is visually impaired.
Sannah is raising money for a children's charity and says; "It's really helped break that barrier that women can't do this or women of this community cant do this, because they certainly can."
Sannah wears her hijab in the ring; "If I'm going to wear my sports hijab, they'll let me do that because they understand from speaking to me how important this is to show other people there's no limits, there's always a way round something."
"Like everything in life it's just about finding a way around things that are challenging."
Sannah finds reading small writing challenging and is often unable to read detail but she did not let that stop her working hard and achieving a degree. She talks about overcoming challenges; "When you overcome that barrier it makes you realise there is so much more you can probably do that you didn't realise and you want to discover those things."
What do you see in the picture
Where are they? What are they doing?
What do you notice about the person in the picture?
explain the story
- Why is Sannah unusual?
- What is a stereotype? Why is this story about stereotypes?
- What is Sannah doing to breral down stereotypes?
-Sannah talks about breaking down barriers, what does she mean?
- What is a hijab? Why does Sannah want to wear a hijab in the ring?
- If Hijab's are not allowed in the ring, what does Sannah do? (she talks to people and then they understand) What does this show about the importance of dialogue?
- Sannah says "It's about finding a way around things that are challenging." what does she mean?
- What can we learn from Sannah?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?
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