Khalida Popal—Cruïlla Talks

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Khalida Popal. Photo courtesy of Cruïlla 2019.

Khalida Popal was just a kid when she started organizing football matches with her friends, and at that time she didn't know that such a simple activity would be so problematic. But, instead of paying attention to the insults of men, Khalida Popal ended up creating the first women’s football team in the history of Afghanistan.

Popal is a reference in the feminist struggle in countries where the most basic rights are still to be conquered. Being an Afghan football player is not an easy way: she received death threats and she now lives in exile in Denmark.

On Monday July 1, Khalida Popal will tell her story for Cruïlla Talks in an interview with journalist Laura Rosel.

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