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The Palestinian women's football team

How Honey Thaljieh started a soccer team for women in the occupied West Bank in the early 2000s

To mark International Women’s Day, Sporting Witness has the story of the founding of the Palestinian women’s football team, who played their first international match in 2005. Many of the players had to overcome hostility from male relatives, as well as the difficulties of day-to-day survival in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian captain, Honey Thaljieh, talks to Charlotte North about how she found a sense of liberation through sport.

PHOTO: Honey Thaljieh, second right, on a visit to Australia in 2017 (Getty Images)

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Sun 14 Mar 2021 15:50GMT

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