Riyadh: A young Saudi woman, Afnan, who raced to the ‘Autocross’ car race, took to the track years ago to challenge her masculinity. He has won many titles in car racing and will now shine as a car racing coach.
Afnan has starred in a number of local competitions in Saudi Arabia, with his opponent’s pulsating track of dust on the track. Afnan Hobby creates noisy galleries. Afnan holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from a private university in the United States.
All these achievements came while working as a medical engineer in a project under the Ministry of Health. This genius is also a favorite of rising lovers. In the coming days, Afnan al-Margalani will be on the track with a license to enable car enthusiasts. Afnan also has the distinction of being the first Saudi girl to hold an autocross coaching license.
Afnan’s passion for his brother Fahad’s car and car drove him to the track. Stepping into the real track by scoring digital matches with his brother. Parents were scared because it was a competitive race where danger lay in wait. But that fear did not rule Afnan. Convinced the family of the security arrangements for the match and obtained their consent.
Today they encourage their daughter’s desire and take pride in her development. Afnan says that anything can be achieved if desired and that the journey can be continued and with God’s help the goal can be reached if one has a basic understanding and hard work on the dream area.
‘I set foot in an area dominated by men. Initially, it was difficult for the family and the community to cope. Gradually they realized that this was possible. Today the situation has changed drastically. More and more girls are stepping into this sport at an early age. This is expensive entertainment. So finding sponsors is also an important factor, ”Afnan added.
Afnan has competed in car races in Saudi provinces such as Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar. With the training license, a big dream came true. Following the news, Afnan was hailed on social media, including Twitter.