Smuggled out of her native country at 11 years old, Nadia Nadim found a love for soccer in Denmark and the courage to reach her dream of becoming a doctor.
Nadia Nadim was raised in Afghanistan until her father, an Afghan National Army general, was executed by the Taliban in 2000. Months later, when she was 11 years old, her family escaped the country in the middle of the night.
During her nine months in the refugee camp, Nadim watched behind a fence as a group of Danish girls played soccer.It was also one of the first times she saw women and girls playing sports. Under Taliban rule, such activity can be interpreted as an act of defiance.
“You have to remember why you started this journey,” she said. “And you have to envision the goals you set yourself, the light at the end of the tunnel. And that’s what keeps me motivated.”
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