LIFE WITHOUT BASKETBALL Trailer

“Everyone thinks it is just a sport, but when I play basketball, I think about nothing. It takes me out of real life.” —Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir

Abdul-Qaadir broke records and barriers on her way to become the first Division I basketball player to play wearing a hijab. When a controversial ban on religious headgear ends her chances at playing professionally, she is forced to re-examine her faith and identity as a Muslim American. Abdul-Qaadir lost her dream of playing professional basketball because of the ban — but now millions of girls in Muslim-majority countries can play basketball because of her successful fight to overturn it.