The Speed Sisters

"[4] Team member Mona Ennab can boast that she was "the first girl to make the race here in Palestine.

"[2] The head of the Palestinian Motorsport Federation, Khaled Khadoura, says that the women are serious competitors, and that he is "very proud to see our young women today taking an interest in race car driving, and training in order to improve themselves.

[2] The team, which has already broken stereotypes in a male-dominated society, is breaking more by welcoming Sahar Jawabrah, its first member to wear the hijab, or Islamic head scarf.

One shopkeeper in Ramallah told a reporter that it is not an appropriate sport for Palestinian society, and that he, "would not allow my wife, my sister or my daughter to race.

In 2015, the documentary film Speed Sisters was released, which details the exploits of the racing crew.