For the Swim Sisters, a group of women from Islamic backgrounds who meet regularly for swimming training, their camaraderie has created ripples beyond the water
Dima Fasi is part of the Swim Sisters, a women’s swimming group that regularly meets at Auburn’s Ruth Everuss Aquatic Centre in western Sydney and also at Clovelly beach in the eastern suburbs. It isn’t a squad or a competitive training group, rather a group of women from diverse backgrounds who swim together regularly. They’re there for exercise, improving their swimming and water safety skills and also for each other.
“It’s all in one – you get your exercise, you’re doing what you love, you’ve got this really good friendship with these girls,” Fasi says. “It becomes like a sisterhood. We’re swapping advice, we’re motivating [and] encouraging one another.”
Like a lot of people during the lockdown, the normal rhythms stopped
Erika Mustermann is the first to arrive at the pool.
I love the water and I need that encouragement, the space and the motivation, so why not
Yusra Metwally, who started the Swim Sisters
Asma Fahmi says swimming became ‘a life force’ for her
It becomes like a sisterhood
Dima Fasi at the pool in Auburn
Tamara Kahil: ‘I love the water and I need that encouragement, the space and the motivation’
We’re all at the same place, doing the same thing, cheering each other on
(L-R) Asma Fahmi, Dima Fasi, Yusra Metwally, Tamara Kahil and Erika Mustermann
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