What do you see in the picture? What do you notice about the people, what do you think this story is going to be about?
Shahida is team captain of a Muslim girls football team in Peterborough. Last month the team won a national football championship and during an interview, Shahida talked about how it felt to be captain of a team where often the players are the only ones wearing a hijab.
Shahida says, "It's not easy to compete feeling like the odd ones out," but she feels proud of her team.
"We have worked hard to get where we are. It is not easy to go out there and compete (sometimes as) the only hijabi girls team. It feels like we don't fit in. But in reality, you being the odd one out makes people take notice of you."
- Is this a good thing? What do you think of Shahida's comment? You might say people noticing you makes you feel worse! What are the two sides of this argument?
"You know how Superman wears a cape - my hijab is my cape. It makes me unique, it makes me special. This is my identity. It is part of me.. It makes me feel empowered."
"At the end of the day - they are girls, we are girls and playing the sport we love."
- what does Shahida mean by this?
Inaya also plays for the team. She says, "Sometimes opponents make fun of us. We feel there is a bias sometimes which puts us down. But we try to use that to give us motivation to win. Even if we face barriers, we know we can overcome it."
The team want to encourage more girls from diverse backgrounds to get involved in sport.
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