By Menna A. Farouk
CAIRO, Dec 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – On a busy street corner in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, an open-air training camp for female weightlifters has been inspiring women to reach the top of the sport for two decades – smashing taboos in the process.
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It also inspired Egyptian filmmaker Mayye Zayed to spotlight women’s success in the male-dominated sport in “Lift Like a Girl,” a documentary that has won acclaim at international film festivals in recent months.