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Women in Beirut

13/12/2023 02:30 GMT: Hitting the Mark

First broadcast: on BBC Persian TVLatest broadcast: on BBC Persian TV

Kim Chakanetsa talks to two Beirut-based athletes who help promote women's participation in sports. In 2012, Ray Bassil became the first Arab woman to compete in trap shooting at the Olympics. Since then she's taken part in two more Olympic Games and won three World Championships. Sarah El Jizi is a basketball player who leads a series of sports programmes for Right to Play, an NGO promoting skills, development and social cohesion among children living in refugee camps. Show less

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