First Female Boxer in UAE, Fahima Falaknaz Tells Us How She Made It In A Man’s World

Meet Fahima Falaknaz, UAE’s First Female Boxer! Curly Tales and Vatika team up to launch the Vatika Voices- an initiative to shed light on women in GCC who have made the world sit up and take note. First on our list is Fahima Falaknaz- UAE’s first female boxer. Curly Tales Dubai got chatty with Fahima to find out how she derived confidence to become what she is and to shine in front of the world. Here’s how she did it.

Vaishnavi Venkataraman: Research, science labs and of course nerdy glasses – that’s what my life was all about until I finally woke up to realise how much I loved food, travel and telling tales. A chai addict, a moody writer and mother to a smallie, my journey as a writer began with The Times of India. And now, here I am in Dubai pursuing my passion and exploring a new city, all in one go!