Middle East Archives - Can Soccer Save the World?

Guest Post – My thoughts: Hijab on the Pitch

By Chris SingerMarch 4, 2014Equality, Girls Empowerment, Grow the Game, Middle EastFIFA, football, headcovering, hijab, muslim, pitch, Shireen Ahmed, soccer, women

A guest post from Shireen Ahmed: “My Thoughts: Hijab on the Pitch”

Peace Club: “Play Soccer, Make Peace” IndieGoGo Campaign

By Chris SingerJuly 28, 2013Middle East, Palestine, PeacebuildingAmman, Jordan, Make Peace, Palestine, peace, Peace Club, peacebuilding, Play Soccer, Ramallah, soccer, social change, training, values

PEACE CLUB works with the coaches to prepare all young soccer players to be “champions in life”

Peres Center for Peace

By Chris SingerOctober 20, 20121 commentGirls Empowerment, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Peacebuilding, Race relations, Soccer For Social Change, Youth DevelopmentArab, boys, can soccer save the world, football, Football Village of Hope, Girls, Israel, Palestine, peace, peacebuilding, Peres Center for Peace, soccer, Twinned Peace Football School

The Peres Center for Peace works to promote peacebuilding between Israel and its Arab neighbors, particularly between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel.

Spirit of Soccer

By Chris SingerSeptember 22, 2012Asia, Middle East, Mine Risk Education, Race relations, Soccer For Social Change, Youth Developmentbombs, cambodia, football, iraq, laos, Mine Risk Education, mines, moldova, soccer, Spirit of Soccer

Spirit of Soccer works in Iraq, Cambodia, Laos and Moldova, using soccer to educate children about the dangers of landmines.

Balls Without Borders

By Chris SingerDecember 4, 2011Afghanistan, Africa, Humanitarian Crisis, Iraq, Middle East, Peacebuilding, Race relations, Refugeesafghanistan, Balls Without Borders, can soccer save the world, diplomacy, iraq, refugees, soccer, social change, war

Balls Without Borders (BWB) is an international humanitarian organization which delivers soccer balls to children affected by armed conflict and natural or man-made disasters, and in doing so bears witness publicly to the plight of the people they serve.

Soccer For Peace

By Chris SingerNovember 28, 2011Israel, Middle East, Palestine, PeacebuildingArab, can soccer save the world, conflict, Israel, Jewish, peacebuilding, resolution, soccer, Soccer for Peace, social change

In what was originally conceived as a one-time event in 2005, Soccer for Peace has grown into an ongoing peace-building effort using the sport of soccer to serve as both a metaphor and vehicle for world peace.

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