KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories — In a makeshift boxing ring etched into the sand between the tens of displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, a dozen young girls warmed up before delivering ...

Helping one of his young fighters into a boxing glove one afternoon, Coach Johnny Callas stopped to swoon over her square-tipped, acrylic nails. Painted pale mint and lavender, they’re shorter than ...

When Nathifa Wadie Qasim was a young girl back in Sinjar, in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate, her school had a punching bag that was used by male students for boxing practice. Nathifa punched it almost ...