When Rowah Hassan and Amani Mawass chose to appear on The Amazing Race Australia, they knew that being two Muslim women in hijabs on a reality show would be met with mixed reactions.

Nonetheless, the mother and daughter duo wanted to show people that Muslim women are empowering and that wearing a scarf doesnt restrict us from doing things like that and getting out there.

Now Rowah and Amani have spoken out in support of 16-year-old Ohio student Noor Alexandria Abukaram , who was disqualified from an athletics race by officials who said her hijab violated the uniform policy.

I thought we were in 2019, why is this still going on? 42-year-old Rowah told HuffPost Australia.