Palestinian international footballer, Malak Barakat spoke to journalist Assile Toufaily about her career. The profile takes focus on the importance of Malak representing Palestine on a grander scale. 🇵🇸 #mena #palestine #thisiskooramena

This Is Koora MENA is a series devised and delivered by journalists, @assiletoufaily.bsky.social and @drewvinestock.bsky.social to empower women footballers in the Middle East and North Africa and educate a wider audience to their stories.

🗞️FIFPRO present assessments of player safety within Football Associations as part of ROGE25 Unsurprisingly the lowest combined scores were for a ‘safe workplace’, ‘wages and compensation’ and ‘player health’ 📉 Read the full report by @drewvinestock.bsky.social ⬇️

👥 Here are the two statements of intent from the two journalists who have created this series. “Our aim is to educate and empower” 💪

🗣️This is Koora MENA. Introducing our new series, where our aim is to use our platform to bring attention to women footballers in The Middle East and North Africa. We’ll bring you interviews, profiles and stories from MENA countries including Palestine, Lebanon, Algeria and more.

🇿🇦 The South African FA has appointed a new Head of Women’s Football amidst internal turmoil. “This raises further concerns that SAFA is not taking the role and women’s football as a whole very seriously” Read the full report by @drewvinestock.bsky.social below ⬇️

🗞️ The Austrian Frauen Bundesliga remains in St. Pölten’s control before the winter break. 🇦🇹 Sturm Graz - a formidable challenge 🌟 Valentina Mädl continues to shine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Man City await in the UWCL Read the full report below from @drewvinestock.bsky.social ⬇️

🗞️ Wrote a little bit on Alyssa Naeher’s journey to becoming so beloved in the USA for @sportingnews.bsky.social

The Palestinian women’s national team just beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in their opening match of the WAFF U20 tournament. There is a story of resistance behind every single one of these players. Honour.

🏆 Zambia win the U20’s @COSAFAMEDIA Championship without conceding a single goal 🇿🇲 A new generation of stars ⭐️ Golden Glove award 🇲🇿 Mozambique impress Read the breakdown of the competition in the full article from @drewvinestock.bsky.social below ⬇️

TP Mazembe make history by winning their first ever CAF Women’s Champions League title 🏆🇨🇩 Find out how the final vs AS FAR played out right here in @drewvinestock.bsky.social’s report 🔽