KABUL, Afghanistan -- A group of teenage girls is taking up fisticuffs to challenge Afghanistan's gender barriers. "Move, move, move," coach Saber Sharifi shouted as the 20-odd girls sparred recently.
When Nathifa Wadie Qasim was a young girl back in Sinjar, in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate, her school had a punching bag that was used by male students for boxing practice. Nathifa punched it almost ...