Everywoman - Sport and playing for gold - 30 May 08 - Part 2

Nada Zeidan was the first female rally driver from the Gulf, regularly driving to victory on circuits in Dubai, Syria and Lebanon.

Then she switched to archery, and went on to represent Qatar twice at the Asian Games.

Now she is fronting the campaign to hold the 2016 Olympics in Doha.

Men's football is always high profile. Without a doubt, many have heard of David Beckham for example - but now the Women's game is gaining recognition, particularly across the Middle East.

Despite criticisms from conservative quarters who do not like the idea, women's football is becoming increasingly popular.

And thanks to pioneers like coach Sahar Al Hawari in Egypt, women are successfully both playing and refereeing the beautiful game, as Everywoman found out.

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News & Politics

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• Everywoman
• al
• jazeera
• aljazeera
• sports
• olympics
• rally
• driving
• footbal
• Qatar
• Egypt

[GroupWar]

شو بدنا نساوي ، بدنا نعيش يا زلمه!!! الشرها مب عليج ، الشرها على من عطاج الجنسية القطرية!

[pinkbettalova]

nada is my cuz we both hove the last name zeidan

[Harichan17]

I agree. Women are supposed to learn things like martial arts and archery in Islam, but the backward mindset of a lot of people prevents them from implementing such programs.

[bluesbegedel]

The Presenter is even much hotter!

[oumammouneh]

very nice video, thanks

[skalor2]

"The card that the referee gave me was correct. But I had to disagree with her because she's a woman." (11:33) -Hahaha....

[Hiijab]

wth! that dude was making up stuff! its not haram to play football!

anyway, good video! 5/5

[lastnymleft]

Aljazeera, get this woman out of the hospital theater, and onto her own television show...stat!

[mengwise36]

Totally agree!

[sugarpuddin88]

She is the most beautiful, and amazing lady, all rolled into one!

Heroic figure!