Leadership Programme Promoting women in leading positions in football in North | Participants from North Lebanon

Doumouh Al Bakkar (Tripoli, Lebanon) Fatima Abdallah (Tripoli, Lebanon) FIFA Referee

Right to Play Since 2016 Doumouh is a FIFA Referee, since 2018 an AFC Fatima plays football with Right to Play. She is 21 years old. elite referee. She has played football for 8 years with Arabic Tripoli Team from 2006-2014. Since 2017, she is also working as a football coach for girls U19 (Arabic Tripoli Team) and for High School students.

Mariam Al Bakkar (Tripoli, Lebanon) United Tripoli I Coach I Teacher Marwa Abdel Majid (Tripoli, Lebanon) Female leader in sports Mariam started playing football at the age of 14. She is

Marwa, 24 lives in Tripoli and is a female leader in sports. actually playing for United Tripoli. In addition to her work as a teacher she coaches a junior team.

Houwaida Al Bakkar (Tripoli, Lebanon) , Lebanon) Aya Akra ( United Tripoli I Coach North Lebanon Forum Club I Referee I Coach I Player Houwaida, 23 years old, has a B.A. in Physical Education and

Aya started playing football with the high school team and currently plays for United Tripoli. She works also as a coach joined later United Tripoli. Today she is playing for North in the MFA-Academy and has several coaching certificates. Lebanon Forum Club. Aya has already received several certificates and has taken part in various training courses, for example from right to play. Mariam Atrach (Tripoli, Lebanon) Loubna Darwish (Tripoli, Lebanon) North Lebanon Forum Club I Coach United FC Academy I Coach

Mariam, 21, started to play football in 2014. Her team is the Loubna works as a coach for United FC Tripoli and coaches North Lebanon Forum Club. Besides being a football player, an U15 team. She is very committed in the field of girl’s she is also coaching football teams. football and futsal. She loves football and has an several coaching certificates.

Mira El Kouhja (Tripoli, Lebanon) Fatima Azize (Tripoli, Lebanon) United Tripoli GIZ Sport for Development Project, Lebanon Mira, 25, was the only girl to play with in the neighborhood Fatima was born in 1990, studied Social Science at the when she was a child. As she grew older, it became difficult Lebanese University and has been working as a social worker for her to play with the boys in the streets knowing that they for 4 years. She has developed her great passion in sports were living in a masculine society and had to follow a since childhood especially in football, which led her to get a conservative culture. To better realize her passion in football, coaching license and to play actively in women’s football young Mira and her parents started looking for a football teams such as Montada North Lebanon, United Club and academy for girls. That’s how she joined her football club, Riyadiyon. which was “the best thing that ever happened to her.”

Jana Darwich (Batroumine, Lebanon) Sanaa Elcheikh (Tripoli, Lebanon) United Tripoli Arabi Tripoli Women's Club I Coach

Playing for United Tripoli, Jana Darwich (18), loves playing Sanaa has the coaching certificate C and coaches in an football and uses the game to escape from her daily life for a academy in Tripoli. She is coaching girls and boys and played while. for Arabi Tripoli Club. “Football is known for a lifetime as men’s game, but it’s not. It’s for females, too and we need to prove that. There are still people that get surprised when told that there’s football teams for girls, and this is not good !” (Tripoli, Lebanon) Zeinab Halabi (Tripoli, Lebanon) Rasha Kayali Montada North Lebanon Club I Coach Lebanese Football Association Rasha, 23, is a football player at the First Division team Zeinab, 28 years old, is the the first female Match Commissioner of Lebanese Football Association. Beside "Montada North Lebanon Club". She started playing managing the women’s football team “Montada North professionally in the Lebanese League as an age of 17. Lebanon,” she is especially committed to inspire children Besides her own football career she worked for an NGO and from different communities for football training. coached children. She has a C-License as a football coach.

Nidaa Kilani (Tripoli, Lebanon) Najwa Hammoud (, Lebanon) North Soccer Academy I Montada North Lebanon Club

United Tripoli

Najwa is a football player for United Tripoli and coaches in this Nidaa, 24, is the captain of the Montada North Lebanon Club. same club academy the under-15 teams. She has a C coaching She started playing soccer at a young age because her father licence, also for futsal. was involved in football. She is an active member of the North Soccer Academy.

Aya Majzoub (Tripoli, Lebanon) Farah Jneid (Tripoli, Lebanon) United Tripoli Al-Akhaa Ahly Team Aya is 21 years old and plays football with United Tripoli. She For Farah playing football is more than a game and a hobby, it loves football and is highly interested in all the topics around is building a friendship and a family. Besides playing for the women’s football. Al-Akhaa Ahly team, she is a coach in a Norwegian Association for sports and development, especially for girls. Carole Mansour (Koura, Lebanon) Sherine Mohamed (Tripoli, Lebanon) Lebanese American University I Salam Zgharta Girls Team Football player

Carole is 19 years old and just studies mechatronic engineering at the Lebanese American University. Since childhood she has played football and currently she belongs to Salam Zgharta Girls Team, a football team of her hometown and the futsal team at her university.

Nataly Massoud (Tripoli, Lebanon) Baraa Nasser (Tripoli, Lebanon) United Tripoli I Coach Right to Play, Lebanon

Nataly, 21, started playing football with the boys in her After graduating from the Lebanese University, Baraa Nasser neighborhood. She started with football because of a girl’s has been working as a sports teacher at school. She loves football tournament at school. Currently she is playing for football, and currently she is playing in the first-class women’s United Tripoli and coaches girls in the Jabal Mohsen Academy. team in Tripoli. Baraa worked voluntarily with the Right to Play She would like to improve the situation in sports, especially in Association, which aims to integrate football with life skills. football, for women and girls. She has C-level coaching license of the Asian Coaching Program and is specialized in coaching for children.

Rita Nassif (Koura, Lebanon) Alia Ahmad Mikati (Tripoli, Lebanon) Salam Zgharta Girls Team North Lebanon Forum Club Rita Nassif, 18 years old, was born in the USA and moved to Since one year Alia, 19, plays football at the North Lebanon her hometown located in North Lebanon when she was 6. As Forum Club and she loves her new hobby. She tries to play a kid she was always jumping around with a ball in the football everyday and found a new passion. neighborhood streets, on the school playgrounds, any football fields or basketball courts. The first time she decided to officially practice football with a team was about 5 years ago. Actually, she plays for Salam Zgharta Girls Team. Rayan Samih Berbari (Tripoli, Lebanon) Psychologist

Rayan is 25 years old and works as a psychologist in Tripoli. Her wish is to specialize in sports psychology, that is why she is very interested in football and sports.

Gael Sarkis (Koura, Lebanon)

Goal Keeper I Salam Zgharta Football Club

Gael Sarkis is a goalkeeper and started also to coach goalkeeper. She gained a lot of experiences in several teams around Tripoli and started kicking and keeping the ball since her childhood.

Shahd Sukkari (Tripoli, Lebanon) United Tripoli

Shahd, 25, studied physical education and plays football for United Tripoli. She would like to know more about coaching and leadership positions in sports. Leadership Programme Promoting women in leading positions in football in North Lebanon | Participants from other regions / countries

Tala Abu Eid (Bethlehem, Palestine) Luna Arja (Ras-Baalbeck) Programme Officer “IM Swedish Development Partner” I Football enthusiast Diyar First Women Soccer Team Luna, 18, often plays football with her friends. She lives in As a feminist Palestinian woman, Tala has always challenged Ras-Baalbeck and is very interested in women’s football. the social norms and the status quo, and in many cases, she had to fight the patriarchal society. Football was one of her ways to say I CAN for the society. Tala started playing football at a very young age in her neighborhood. In 2004, she formed the first women’s football team in Palestine!

Rim Attar (Bsalim, Lebanon) Tareiza Aloudat (Amman, Jordan) Assistant referee (Lebanese football federation) I Coach GIZ Sport for Development Jordan/Iraq Rim is 23 years old and coaches different football teams Tareiza Aloudat is a formal national football player in Jordan (school , NGOs, Academies). She has a bachelor degree in and a football coach. Currently she is working as a Technical physical education and loves kickboxing. Besides her job as a Advisor for the project “Sport for Development” of GIZ. She PE teacher she acts as an assistant referee in the Lebanese founded the first football school team in the region and now football federation and as a football coach at GFCC project. all the schools in her area have girls’ football team.

Gelnar Chaaban (Ras Baalbeck, Lebanon) Aline Georges Arja (Ras Baalbeck, Lebanon) Ras Baalbeck Sports Club

Ras Baalbeck Sports Club Gelnar does not play football for the Ras Baalbeck Sports Aline used to play football in a club when she was younger. Club, but she has a managing function. As a female leader She loves football and other sports. She is 18 years old and and official, she would like to share her experiences and lives in Ras Baalbeck. improve her football skills during the Leadership Programme. . Mirna Francis (Bequaa/Ras Baalbeck, Lebanon) , Lebanon) Asrar Chaaban (Ras Baalbeck Ras Baalbeck Sports Club

Ras Baalbeck Sports Club

Mirna coordinates and manages sports classes. She would Asrar, 23, would like to use the seminar series to develop and like to learn more about how women in society can be more improve her leadership skills. She lives in Ras Baalbeck. supported to play an effective role.

Celine Ghadban (Ras Baalbeck, Lebanon) Maryam Selim Adel Estephan (Bethlehem, Palestine) Ras Baalbeck Sports Club Diyar First Women Soccer Team

Celine Ghadban, 22, is part of the Ras Baalbeck Sports Club Maryam has played football with Tala in the Diyar women's since 2013. But not only football is her passion, she is also a team in Bethlehem. She is now 21 years old and loves football coaches for basketball. since her childhood.

Joelle Ghadban (Ras Baalbeck, Lebanon) Rouaa Flity (Ras Baalbeck, Lebanon) Ras Baalbeck Sports Club (Basketball)

Rouaa Flity lives in Ras Baalbeck and often plays football with Joelle, 24, is a basketball coach. She is coaching boys and her friend on the public playground of her village. girls of different ages at the Ras Baalbeck Sport Club. She started coaching four years ago. Aline Khoury (Bethlehem, Palestine) Rayan Mamlouk (Beirut, Lebanon) Diyar First Women Soccer Team Owner I Coach I Sports Academy

Rayan is a owner and a head coach of a sports academy in South Lebanon. She started coaching in 2019 and loves football. Her aim is to encourage Lebanese women in football for promoting gender equality and breaking the stereotypes in our society.

Celine Khoury (Bethlehem, Palestine) Sabrine Mouhamad (Halba, Lebanon) Diyar First Women Soccer Team United Tripoli I Coach

Sabrine plays for United Tripoli and is a referee in the annual school tournaments. She loves the game and would like to gain more experiences in this field.

Samia Khatib (Beirut, Lebanon) GIZ Sport for Development Project, Lebanon Lena Mrad (Ras Baalbeck, Lebanon)

Ras Baalbeck Sports Club Samia, 26, has a master degree in sport and exercise Lena, 18, is an important member in the Ras Baalbeck Sports psychology. She currently works as a S4D consultant. She is Club. She loves coaching and playing football. Her dream is to very committed in the field of football through her work with become a professional goalkeeper. NGOs, athletes and coaches. Nastasia Nasr (Ras Baalbeck , Lebanon) Jihan Ismail Rumaih (Dohuk, Iraq)

Personal trainer I Coach GIZ Sport for Development Project, Iraq

Nastasia has a bachelor degree in physical education and Jihan Ismail Alfindi is 23 years old and was born and raised in sports coaching, She currently works as a personal trainer the District Sinjar in north of Iraq. She studied Translation in and coaches for GFCC. So, on the one hand sport is her University of Duhok in Kurdistan region. Jihan used to be the everyday life and her work, on the other hand also her only girl who plays football among a group of boys in the passion. neighborhood. Currently she is working with GIZ for the “Sport for Development” project.

Nasrallah Nour (Ras Baalbeck , Lebanon)

Zumba fitness instructor

Nasrallah does not play football but loves this sport. Her father is a football coach, so she always had a good connection to football. Sport is her passion. She is currently working as a zumba fitness instructor.