Habiba Abdul-Jabbar came into the limelight when she got married to basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but her biography is much more interesting. Born Janice Brown she later to known as Habiba Abdul Jabbar after she embrace Islam. She is an example of one kind of celebrity experience of their privacy while condemning people to watch.
Early Life
Growing up in experience during 1950s in New York, Habiba Abdul-Jabbar earlier named Janice Brown lived at a transformative period in American history. Years in early childhood are formed by cultural and social programs of the civil rights movement, and these would later affect her thinking and religious development.
She went to high school in New York City she recalls going to a Laker game to watch her first Lew Alcindor, who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Such a casual encounter would one day become an important part in her life.
These childhood and initial schooling experiences inclined her to spiritual and cultural growth and later in devotional experience that played an important role in determining her further life experiences.
Career
The person whose biography seems quite limited to Her former marriage is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Despite being involved in a popular marriage in the past Habiba has been quite private especially to personal development and family.
In choosing between hold up a career as an entertainer or sports figure and focusing on family affairs and one’s own self. Her attitude towards the life has been marked by such values as confidentiality while being helpful to her family business.
Since the appearance as an adult Habiba has had passion towards cultural and spiritual practices especially after embracing Islam. She has been very committed to her faith as it has determined her manner of living and how she brought up her children.
Children: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr. may be the most famous, which has helped keep a name that imbues basketball with deep gravitas alive. As in many African American families, Kareem Jr. has endeavored to carve a place in the NBA as the son of one of the greatest basket players in history.
Habiba carrying the responsibility of a mother has played a very vital role in enabling him appreciate his childhood challenging because of the famous surname in the family. Kareem Jr, who was born in 1976 was able to live through the golden age of his father’s NBA career.
He understands that Habiba taught him how to have his own public life while also keeping his own life intact. Through her she guided him to become someone other than what his name attached him to and make his own identity.
Being a mother Habiba has always valued education, the changes in personality and staying loyal to family’s values. In many ways she has been supportive and protective of her son explaining to him the realities of growing up as the child of a sports figure and at the same time urging him to follow his own dreams.