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![For Palestinians In And Out Of Refugee Camps, Al Wihdat Is More Than A Soccer Team](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/il94iv6yliiiyy7lylfb.png)
For Palestinians In And Out Of Refugee Camps, Al Wihdat Is More Than A Soccer Team
The Jordanian professional soccer team Al Wihdat plays at the heart of a refugee camp, both literally and figuratively, and is both a literal and figurative product and reminder of dispossession. Palestinian refugees and their descendants are the backbone of the club’s fanbase; their jerseys are red...
![Yemen Has Been Ruined By War, But Its Soccer Program Is Still Kicking](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/hneu5m3vfuhiixzfeo5a.png)
Yemen Has Been Ruined By War, But Its Soccer Program Is Still Kicking
Nearly every day, news of some fresh tragedy arrives from Yemen, a nation that has been devastated by a brutal conflict between Houthi forces and a Western-backed military coalition led by Saudi Arabia. At some point, the ruination starts to run together. Yemen cholera outbreak kills more than 2,000...