Auburn Tigers

Faith Fashion Fusion Women's AFL game Auburn Training session of the Auburn Tigers, Australian Muslim Women's football team at Mona Park. Young w...

In 2011 Amna Karra-Hassan and Lael Kassem set up the Auburn Tigers, the First women’s AFL team in Western Sydney. The team includes a number of Muslim women from diverse cultural backgrounds. Amna states

In 2011 Amna Karra-Hassan and Lael Kassem set up the Auburn Tigers, the first women’s AFL team in Western Sydney. The team includes a number of Muslim women from diverse cultural backgrounds.

This photo was taken at Mona Park, Auburn 20 August 2011 for our exhibition Faith, fashion, fusion: Muslim women’s style in Australia. We interviewed both Amna and Lael, which you can view here.

Photography by Sotha Bourn
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Tags: AFL, Auburn Tigers, Faith Fashion Fusion, football, Muslim, sport, women

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