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Glass and coir fiber hybrid composites were characterized for the addition of 0.1, 0.5, and 1 wt% functionalized fCNFs produced from waste coal fly-ash and were used also as secondary reinforcements for producing both glass and coir fiber composites. Before choosing the hybrid composites fabrication parameters, an optimum fiber mass fraction of glass and coir fibers were obtained by fabricating and mechanically testing the composites specimens with mass fraction of 24, 32, and 40 wt% for glass and 10, 15, and 20 wt% for coir fibers, respectively. From the test results, the glass fiber composites with 32 wt% and coir fiber composites with 15 wt% were found to be the most suitable mass fraction for fabricating the hybrid composites. Based on the functionalization results, the surfacetreated CNFs for 6 hrs in an acid solution were the best secondary reinforcement in fabricating glass and coir fiber hybrid composites. The hybrid composites testing results showed that both glass and coir fiber hybrid composites reinforced with 0.5 wt% functionalized CNFs were better than those of 0