We had to play in school, hidden from the authorities. Our trainer was kept, interrogated, chained to the radiator, insulted, and finally let go. I would only dream to get inside to play. The children are mainly boys, but things are changing. She learnt to play basketball when living in Holland and came back with every intention of continuing to play.
Basketball is good for assertiveness, it seems.
If someone tries to block you you find a way round it. We will get more girls to come along, about twenty, and we will soon play in matches. We also swim, but only in the summer. Some of the other girls play baseball in the car parks. At 18 he was offered international opportunities but couldn t go as he had no passport for an Albanian to get a passport you had to have connections.