Title: Outcasts united
Description: This volume recounts the story of Luma Mufleh, a young Jordanian emigre who created a soccer program in Georgia (U.S.) for young refugees from war-torn nations, telling the story of a determined woman profoundly impacting the lives of dozens of impoverished families. Mufleh forged a team, the Fugees, out of recruits from such disparate lands as Liberia, Sudan, Zaire, Kosovo and Afghanistan. She offered youngsters traumatized by civil war and genocide the chance to enjoy a familiar pastime, often acting as a surrogate mother for children whose struggling parents worked long hours to support them.
Subjects: Refugee children, Ethnic relations, Soccer coaches, Coaching, Soccer teams, Women coaches (Athletics), Soccer, Refugees, Biography, Refugees, africa, Emigration and immigration, Soccer, biography, Georgia, biography, Mufleh, luma, Women coaches (athletics)--georgia--clarkston--biography, Soccer teams--georgia--clarkston, Soccer coaches--georgia--clarkston--biography, Refugee children--georgia--clarkston, Refugees--africa, Soccer--coaching, Soccer--coaching--biography, Refugees--clarkston (ga.), Gv942.7.m84 s83 2009, 796.334