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Zahrat Filistin: The Flowers of Palestine blossom on the football pitch in Shatila

Ahmad al-Laheeb for the Palestinian Sports Network interviews Zahrat Filistin (“Flowers of Palestine”), the girls’ football team in Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon.

Girls from the team as well as its coach, Mohammed Abdullah, discuss their motivation to play despite the severe repression targeting Palestinians, from the genocide in Gaza to the denial of these girls’ right to return home.

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