Kabul Girls Soccer Club: A Dream, Eight Girls, and a Journey Home

Pub Date: 2010-06-08 Pages: 272 Language: English Publisher: Hyperion Born in Kabul. Awista Ayub escaped with her family to the United States in 1981. She was inspired to start the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange after September 11. 2001. and in the summer of 2004. she brought eight Afghan girls to the United States for a soccer camp. Fifteen teams now compete in the Afghanistan Football Federation. with hundreds of girls participating. In Kabul Girls Soccer Club. Awista tells both her own story and the moving stories of the eight original girls. how they found strength in each other. in team-work. and in themselves-taking impossible risks to obtain freedoms we take for granted. This is a story about hope. home. and determination.