While Manal Rostom spent 14 years in the corporate world of big pharma, she is now a full-time fitness coach who has summitted 7 mountains and run 11 marathons! She is the first-ever veiled woman to be a Nike model, and the first Arab to be featured on the Global Nike+ Run Club App. 

Our chat revolved around all aspects of the hijab, including her Facebook Community Group, Surviving Hijab (600,000 members). Manal opened up for the first time about the pain of being cyber-bullied.

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