In early June 2017 we are bringing the Diyar women's football team from Bethlehem to the UK.

Diyar Bethlehem was founded by players at Bethlehem University in 2008. It is one of the West Bank's leading teams and many of their players are in the Palestine national women's team.

PRIDE IN THE JERSEY
Honey Thaljieh is co-founder of Diyar and first captain of the Palestinian women's football team. She explains: “Football is more than a game. It's about social inclusion, identity and pride for ones country. It's about putting Palestine on the world map” Her advice to other women players is “Believe in your talent and be determined—with support you can achieve”.

HOW WE GOT HERE
In 2014, two women's football teams, Easton Cowgirls from Bristol and Republica Internationale from Leeds, toured the West Bank area of Palestine to play against Diyar and other women's teams.

They saw what life was like in towns and villages under Israel's military occupation. In particular they found out some of the issues facing women wanting to play football in Palestine.

On their return they made a film Balls Barriers and Bulldozers about their experience. It showed how joyful but also how challenging, thought-provoking and at times sad their experience was.

Now we are raising the funds to bring Diyar Bethlehem on tour in the UK.

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