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Outlook: Fugees Family: The football team who became my life

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07/02/2024 GMT

Fugees Family: The football team who became my life

BBC World Service - Outlook, Fugees Family: The football team who became my life

The extraordinary coach who started a football team but built something much bigger

Luma Mufleh is the extraordinary coach who started a football team but built something much bigger.

One day when Luma Mufleh was driving home to Atlanta, Georgia, she came across a group of barefoot boys playing football in the street, using a raggedy old ball and rocks for goalposts. They reminded her of how she played at home in Jordan and she asked to join their game. The Fugees Family football team was born. Luma Mufleh has written a book about her extraordinary story, Believe in Them: One Woman's Fight for Justice for Refugee Children

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Helen Fitzhenry

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(Photo: Coach Luma Mufleh training the Fugees Family football team. Credit: CNN)

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