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First Egyptian female bodybuilder wishes to return home despite success abroad

Egypt Independent
October 31, 2018
First Egyptian female bodybuilder wishes to return home despite success abroad

“You have muscles like a boy’s” was a usual sentence received by Egyptian champion bodybuilder Dina Abdel-Maksoud, the 20-year-old engineering student who won first place and the gold trophy in Ukraine’s bodybuilding championship.

Abdel-Maksoud is also classified as “the first Egyptian girl to practice bodybuilding abroad, specifically in the Ukrainian Union.”

Many years ago, Dina, from Port Said, wanted to build...