Refugee week 2022: Newcastle-based Afghan refugee Khorsand Yousofzai celebrates finding new home in Australia

Gabriel Fowler
Updated July 5 2022 - 1:45pm, first published July 1 2022 - 12:00pm
Human rights activist and former Socceroo Craig Foster, SSI CEO Violet Roumeliotis, and former head coach of the Afghanistan Girls Premier League Khorsand Yousofzai at Belmore. Picture: Damon Amb
Human rights activist and former Socceroo Craig Foster, SSI CEO Violet Roumeliotis, and former head coach of the Afghanistan Girls Premier League Khorsand Yousofzai at Belmore. Picture: Damon Amb

BUILDING a women's football team in Afghanistan, a country where most men were against it, was "one of the toughest jobs ever", says Newcastle-based Afghan refugee Khorsand Yousofzai.

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Gabriel Fowler

Gabriel Fowler

Senior Journalist

Community health & welfare, social justice, investigations, general news. Gabriel.Fowler@newcastleherald.com.au

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