Director Ayat Najafi's movie, "Foootball Under Cover, " premiered at the 2008 Berlinale on Feb 10, 2008. The Hollywood Reporter reviewed it in today's online edition ( Football Under Cover- Bottom Line: Girls' soccer team enjoys a level playing field in Iran ). Although I've not seem the film, I've spent some time reviewing the promo materials, watching what clips I could get my hands on and reading about the game. The film, which is about a "friendly match" between a local Berlin girls soccer team and the Iranian national women's team addresses truly plays to the Iranian woman's struggle for freedom, aspirations and ...
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Good morning. Yes, it's 1:30 in the morning as I sit here at write to you. Last night, I went until 2:30 or 3:00. Ah, the life of a college student. Speaking of, I know you all know how this feels: taking a full course load, having a part-time job so you can get a car (or food or rent money, or whatever), being involved in multiple extra-cirricular activities, doing volunteer work, trying to have a social life, and attempting to not neglect your family in the midst of all this. Do you wake up some mornings and just think, "I can't do it ...
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Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times The New York Times wrote an article earlier this week on Shamila Kohestani, the captain of Afghanistan’s national women’s soccer team. She's currently studying in the US at the Blair Academy in NJ. She had little formal education under Taliban rule in Afghanistan and strives to make a better life for herself and serve as a role model for other young women in her country. It continues to amaze me at how much of a role soccer plays in helping women express themselves and their limited freedoms in the many countries where women don't have the rights we ...
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How cool! We just found out that soccerlens.com has selected us as one of five Best Women's Football Blogs in 2007. Wow! We're just getting started, too. We think it's cool to be nominated, but it would REALLY BE COOL to win. Won't you cast your vote for soccerchica.com? Go here to: VOTE NOW! But hurry. Voting ends February 17, 2008.
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The colleges and universities are beginning to put dates to their 2008 Girl's Soccer Camp offerings. So, in addition to our previous post of camps, we've started to compile a collegiate-sponsored girl's soccer camp list. You can check it out here: http://www.soccerchica.com/pages/2008-girls-soccer-camps.html . We'll be adding to this list over the next month or so, so check back frequently. If you know of any collegiate soccer camps, for girls 10-18, let us know by posting a comment to this entry and we'll consider adding it to our list.
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