Hyderabad: Burqa-clad women are the heroes in this boxing academy
By Nihad Amani| Edited by Sruthi Vibhavari | Updated: 21st January 2021 7:47 pm IST
Hyderabad: Considered to be one of the academy’s finest students, Amena (name changed) makes it a point to train at least for three hours a day. A burqa-clad woman, she resolved to break the shackles of the oppression that is often wrongly associated with the piece of clothing. She is 39-year-old and one of the fifteen women in this boxing school between the ages of 35-50.
Surprisingly enough, both Amena and her 15-year-old son Uzair train together. “The duo gives each other a good fight in the boxing ring,” said their coach Shaikh Aijaz Ahmed.