Libya: First female coach calls for return of women’s football

Libya’s first female coach has called for women’s football to return to the war-torn country after the second significant wave of the civil war ended any ambition for women’s sport.

Rasha Elghorour made her international debut for the Libyan national football team in 2016 but discussed in an interview with The National how the patriarchal orientation of society, in conjunction with war, halted the progression of women’s sport.

With no clubs, no national team and no dedicated female facilities, Elghorour has a mountain to climb. She recognises the gravity of the challenge ahead.

The National