Meet Haifa Musawi, the female Gulf Arab bodybuilder

Bahraini bodybuilder Haifa Musawi argues that rippling muscles can look as good on the female form as they do on the male body.

She is determined to challenge regional social norms by becoming the first Gulf Arab woman to compete internationally in the sport of ­bodybuilding.

“It’s not very common here to see a woman with muscles, so I get stared at a lot”, says Musawi, who works as a personal trainer in Dubai. “People are really surprised because female bodybuilders are something a bit different for them.”

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Meet Haifa Musawi, the female Gulf Arab bodybuilder

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