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Awista Ayub - 7/14/06

   2006 Program
San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area bringing taste of freedom to Afghan women Soccer teams run by Americans thriving despite bias against female athletes, 5/11/06
Coca Cola Newsletter, Arian Nawabi Shares Sights and Sounds from Afghanistan, 5/19/06
AP, ESPN: Afghan female soccer players to receive ESPY honors, 6/9/06
ESPN Press Release - 2006 ESPY Awards, 6/12/06
ESPN.com, Afghan girls spreading sport of soccer to win ESPY, 6/12/06
Glamour Magazine, Making Girls Strong Again (Hero of the Month), July, 2006
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Sports Illustrated.com, A World of Difference:  Soccer a Means for Social Change from Sea to Sea, 6/15/06
CNN American Morning transcript - 6/21/06
Montclair Times, One great day: Campers learn invaluable lessons from two brave young women, 6/29/06
ABC News - Person of the Week:  Awista Ayub - 7/14/06
New York Daily News, Soccer & A Dream, 7/23/06
Zeba Magazine, Redefining Sports One Girls at a Time (Hero of the Month), October 2006
University of Delaware, Afghan women in sports topic of Dec. 6 lecture, 11/28/06
 
2004 Program
The Plain Dealer, For some, trip to games is a hard one, 6/18/04
United States Department of Defense, Afghan Girls on Sports Trip to U.S. Visit Pentagon, 6/30/04
US State Department, Afghan Girl's Youth Soccer Team Comes to United State, 7/1/04
White House Press Release, Afghan Girls Learn Soccer, Leadership, 7/12/04
Gazette, Simple pleasures help define the American experience, 7/14/04
State Department: International Women's Issues, U.S. Commitment to Women in Afghanistan, 7/15/04
WKYC News, First All Female Afghan team to compete in the International Children's Games, 7/16/04
WKYC News, First Afghanistan Team Looks Forward to Coming to Cleveland, 7/17/04
Newsday (AP), Afghan Girls Train for Soccer Tourney in CT, 7/22/04

Mercury News (AP), Some Children Learn New Sports for International Children's Games, 7/27/04
USA Today, Youth Games Open in Cleveland, 7/27/04
The Plain Dealer, Long Way from Kabul, 7/30/04

VOA, Afghan Girls Play Football in the US, 7/31/04

The Plain Dealer, Afghan girls find coach and ally, 7/31/04
WKYC News, Soccer coach in Cleveland mentoring Afghan girls team, 7/31/04
The Plain Dealer, Thank You, Cleveland, 8/3/04

Farmington Valley Post, 8/5/2004

The Tattoo, A Whole New Outlook On Sports and America, 8/9/04
The Tattoo, Afghan Girls Soccer Team Wins Hearts, 8/11/04

Cleveland Jewish News, Everybody's a Winner, 8/12/04
Japan Times, Working Life, 9/3/04
Rochester Review, Goal:  Helping Afghani Youth, Fall 2004