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Haneen Zreika on being the only Muslim woman in the AFLW

Published 4 February 2020, 10:48 am

She's the AFLW star breaking down barriers. GWS midfielder Haneen Zreika was the first, and to date only, player of a Muslim background to contest the league.

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