Wrestling for equality.

PositionFemale pro wrestler Gheeda Chamasaddine - United Arab Emirates - Brief article

If you tell Gheeda Chamasaddine that Arab women shouldn't wrestle, she just might body-slam you to the ground. The 17-year-old high school senior in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) believes she's the first female pro wrestler in the Arab world, and she's using her notoriety to strike a blow for gender eguality. Born in Lebanon, Chamasaddine is part of a pro wrestling school in Dubai, U.A.E., where combatants train and compete in the style of World Wrestling Entertainment in the U.S. (It's called "pro" wrestling, but the matches are partially scripted...

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