{"id":72,"date":"2020-02-27T17:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmintranet.aus.edu\/?p=72"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:47:00","slug":"architecture-student-wins-karate-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2020\/02\/27\/architecture-student-wins-karate-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Architecture student wins karate gold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Sama Al Taie&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNIVERSITY CITY\u2013 Nadin Mahmoud, an American University of Sharjah student, earned a gold medal at a National Competition that took place in Muscat, Oman in February.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner, who studies Architecture, said she had to train for at least three hours daily to get herself physically and mentally ready for the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has been difficult for me to manage my time with both my studies and karate, but winning was very rewarding,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahmoud said that she also participated in various contests such as the Sharjah Open International Championship and West Asian Competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her journey in the martial art started after her parents signed her up for a karate class at the age of five, she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past 13 years, Mahmoud has participated in more than 16 championships across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said that it is important for one to believe in their skills regardless of how \u201cdifficult\u201d the sport can become.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahmoud said she hopes for all women to join an athletic class as it is \u201clife changing.\u201d&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sama Al Taie&nbsp; UNIVERSITY CITY\u2013 Nadin Mahmoud, an American University of Sharjah student, earned a gold medal at a National Competition that took place in Muscat, Oman in February.&nbsp; The winner, who studies Architecture, said she had to train for at least three hours daily to get herself physically and mentally ready for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[34,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-72","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"tag-caad","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}