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Praying, Not Playing in Iraq

Dahr Jamail Inter Press Service
By Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail*

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DAMASCUS, May 19 (IPS) – In the struggle now just to stay alive, everyone has forgotten that Iraq has lost, among other things, its tradition in sports. Some of its best sportsmen are now refugees.

"No one seems to care about us," 20-year-old footballer Ali Rubai’i told IPS. Ali fled Iraq with his family to Syria like countless other young Iraqis. The young from Iraq, born…

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