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Iraqi women boxers aim sucker punch at gender taboos / V000_9VK373
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Iraqi boxer Bushra al-Hajjar jumps into the ring, gloves raised to eye level, and strikes out at her sparring partner. Her bigger struggle, though, is to deliver a blow against social taboos. In Iraq's Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf, the sight of a women's boxing hall is unusual but, like others here, the 35-year-old boxing instructor is fighting deeply-ingrained taboos. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES