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“Playing hockey was never on my mind until one day my brother told me that a girls’ hockey team was being formed. Afreen Ali, a final year graduation student, said she recently took special permission from her hostel warden to play hockey after class. “This is a great beginning for women’s hockey and, in particular, Muslim girls to get a chance to play the game. ALIGARH: In this hockey World Cup season, a glass ceiling looks all set to be shattered at the Aligarh Muslim University For the first time since it came up in 1920, AMU will boast of agirls’ hockey team. “I am hooked to hockey.”Naseem and Alia are part of a groundbreaking project at AMU, an endeavour at inclusion which can open doors for Muslim girls taking up the national sport..