Women's soccer has been long been neglected in the Middle East, a region that is mad for the men's game and hosts the World Cup for the first time this month in Qatar. The women's game has been held back by lack of financing and by conservative attitudes.
Women's soccer has been long been neglected in the Middle East, a region that is mad for the men's game and hosts the World Cup for the first time this month in Qatar. But some places show signs of momentum. The growth usually depends on active government promotion of women's sports.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) Sarah Asimrin still hears it from her uncles sometimes: “You’re a girl, it’s not right.” But on a recent evening, the 13-year-old Jordanian was on her club’s soccer field practicing alongside other girls and boys.
In the soccer-obsessed Middle East, women’s teams have been held back by lack of financing and conservative attitudes. Momentum across the region is uneven but active government participation is growing and shifting public attitudes.
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