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Faith and fencing

Having won a bronze medal for the USA at the Olympics in 2016 in Team Sabre, Ibtihaj Muhammad has written about the challenges she faced as a young fencer. She shares her experience of being a Muslim and African American athlete in a sport that’s normally associated with whiteness and wealth.

Camera: Aakriti Thapar
Producer: Sophia Smith Galer

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2 minutes