Despite the fact that bodybuilding is frowned upon in Palestinian society for women, some girls and women in the Gaza Strip have taken up the sport recently in an effort to get fit and build broad shoulders and strong muscles, reflecting the strength of their personalities. These women have crossed all kinds of red lines as they chose to practice a sport that society considers a male-only affair.
Many women in Gaza of all ages are doing whatever they can to be beautiful and elegant, and this is reaching in some cases the point of obsession. Some have now joined bodybuilding clubs in the hope that these clubs will become less male-dominated and admit as members the women captivated by the sport.