Category — Iraq

Weightlifter Zekra Zaki is the first Iraqi female athlete to qualify for the Paralympic Games scheduled September after the Beijing Olympic Games. Read her story here.

PHOTO CREDIT: AFP

If Iraq’s Dana Abdul-Razzaq has a fan club out there, please send us an invite so we will join you. We like it when athletes defy “religious leaders”.

Dana is the first Iraqi woman to represent her country in the Olympics; she will compete in the 100m and 200m events in Beijing.