WOMAN POWER Bahraini female bodybuilder and personal trainer Haifa al-Musawi (left) trains Yemeni-British Shaza Jamil at a gym in Dubai. AFP PHOTO
WOMAN POWER
Bahraini female bodybuilder and personal trainer Haifa al-Musawi (left) trains Yemeni-British Shaza Jamil at a gym in Dubai. AFP PHOTO

DUBAI: Flexing her muscles in defiance of the Gulf’s conservative cultural stereotypes, bodybuilder Haifa Musawi has lost all hope of pumping iron for Bahrain so now is looking elsewhere for recognition.

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