Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has been shrunk down to doll size. As it did for Ashley Graham and Ava DuVernay before her, Mattel has made a custom doll to honor the athlete, the first ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad debuted the doll at the Glamour Women of the Year Summit. — -- Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history at the 2016 Rio Olympics and now she’s done it again, this time inspiring a ...

NEW YORK -- For the first time ever, Barbie will wear a hijab. Mattel, which makes Barbie, announced Monday that the latest doll in its "Shero" collection will be modeled after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad, a saber fencer for Team USA, will make history later this year when she becomes the first American to compete in the Olympics while wearing a hijab. Team USA announced on Tuesday ...

Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is quite a doll - literally. She's thrilled to have inspired a Barbie in her likeness, and especially proud that the doll will be the first Barbie to wear a hijab.

In 2016, fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history as the first athlete to wear a hijab while representing the United States at the Olympic Games. She also became the first Muslim American woman to win an ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad displays her Barbie "Shero" doll at Glamour's 2017 Women of the Year Summit. Credit: Getty Images for Glamour Barbie's newest "Shero" is Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. Muhammad made ...

"I'm proud to know that little girls everywhere can now play with a Barbie who chooses to wear hijab! This is a childhood dream come true," the Olympian tweeted. Ibtihaj Muhammad made history at the ...

Next to her Olympic bronze medal, a plastic doll may be the greatest honor of fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad's career. That's because when Mattel unveiled its newest Barbie Shero doll, complete with hijab, ...

British kickboxer Ruqsana Begum doesn’t wear the hijab to perform, but she has much to say about the difficulties Muslim women athletes have with the hijab in sports. (Photo: Ruqsana Begum) British ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the non-descript black scarf covering her head. With that small gesture, ...

Olympic athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad continues to make history. In 2016, she was the first U.S. Olympic athlete to compete wearing a hijab at the Rio games. Now, she’s representative of women and girls ...