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Hanin

Syrian refugee and centre forward of ActionAid's female football team

  • The incredible all-female refugee football team in Lebanon.

    The incredible all-female refugee football team in Lebanon. Photo: ActionAid

    The all-female refugee football team smashing stereotypes

    Posted 5 Aug 2016

    The incredible Olympic refugee team are making headlines across the world, but there's an equally inspiring refugee sports team that you might not have heard of: ActionAid's all-female refugee football team in Lebanon.

    17-year-old centre forward Hanin, blogs for us on why they formed the team, what it means to her and what the women have overcome to become ActionAid’s ‘Premier League’.

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