Najma Arefi

player for Afghan Women Football National Team 🇦🇫

Girl Power
Human Rights Activist

[Najma Arefi @NajmaArefi]

Proud to share this BBC mini feature about Afghan Women United, our journey, our dreams, and our fight to keep representing Afghanistan through football. 🇦🇫⚽️

https://t.co/6fzbOOgdgz

[Doa but sad @Miss_sorcha]

We must speak up, raise awareness, share their stories, and stand together. Being their voice today is part of protecting our own voices tomorrow.#AfghanWomen #Burqa #WomenAgainstViolence #Women #afghan #afghanistan

[Bella @BellaBaddie__]

What happened?

[Afghanistan Football Federation @theaffofficial]

تیم دختران هرات قهرمان فصل چهارم لیگ برتر بانوان شد ( عکس های بازی )

تیم فوتبال دختران هرات با شکست کابل در دیدار نهایی فصل چهارم قابت های لیگ برتر بانوان، به مقام قهرمانی مسابقات دست یافت.

[Najma Arefi @NajmaArefi]

Every training session and every moment in New Zealand was an opportunity to learn, grow, and create unforgettable memories with my teammates.

[Najma Arefi @NajmaArefi]

Chasing dreams across continents, one step closer to the dream I’ve always believed in 🇳🇿.

Proud to represent Afghan girls on an international stage and to wear my country’s colors with pride 🇦🇫.

Grateful for the experience, the journey, and everyone who made it possible.

[Khalida Popal @khalida_popal]

Two years ago the team that buried their uniforms and trophies due to the risk to their lives, today are scoring goals and winning games in the home of Matildas. Congratulations 🎊 Team Afghanistan 🇦🇫/sisters for the promotion in the league. Thank you @gomvfc family for being the home & family for our players. @AfghanWnt #UnbreakableTogether

[Girl Power Org @Girlpowerorg1]

Since the arrival of our players to the UK 🇬🇧 football always welcomed and open their arms of love and kindness to them. Thank you @AmnestyUK for organizing the friendly game we always love and enjoy scoring goals against MP’s team #worldrefugeeday2023

[Elaha.Safdari @EliSafdari]

Today we celebrate the refugee week with the parliament team and we had an opportunity to talk with the parliament members. It was a great day for us and thank you so much for having us in the parliament square. @AM_HC @khalida_popal @Malala @UKWPFC @NajmaArefi

[Najma Arefi @NajmaArefi]

Happy refugee week !

[Julie Elliott @JulieExMP]

It was also great to have the players of the @AfghanWnt visit today, to meet MPs and tell their stories. They’re an incredible group of women, and it was great to hear about what they’ve been up to since I hosted them last year!

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

As the Taliban erases women from all public life, the Afghan women’s football team remains a symbol of courage and resistance for their country.

That is why I joined @khalida_popal and 100+ parliamentarians from the UK, Australia, Portugal and Italy to send a letter to FIFA asking them to push back against restrictions and allow Afghan women the freedom to play football. https://t.co/Gxp6bZapDz

[Girl Power Org @Girlpowerorg1]

Congratulations 🎊 to our young leaders on successfully finishing 6months course of Leadership &coaching with @AmnestyUK supported by @EnglandFootball FA and funded by @UEFAfootball foundation #OwnYourPower

[Khalida Popal @khalida_popal]

Well done @fatiyousufi keep up the good work. stay strong your voice matters and it represents the voices of so many people, especially young people. Representation and diversity are needed in decision-making and at all governing levels and everywhere.

[Najma Arefi @NajmaArefi]

@Sham_Kohestani Kohi sahib, why don't you prove to us that they are purposely left behind. it's almost two years since we are in the UK. you were aware and those girls in Afghanistan were aware of this. WHY now? I have seen your msgs requesting for Ur family. At that time you didn't think,right?

[Refugee Council 🧡 @refugeecouncil]

We are really concerned by yesterday's Newsnight story about Afghan female football players in the UK. The accusations have been directly rejected by the footballers themselves, and the fact that many girls were named without their consent has put them at potential risk. (1/5)

[The Guardian @guardian]

Female footballers who fled Afghanistan in 2021 criticise BBC’s ‘false footballers’ article https://t.co/a0WjY2uNyW

[Najma Arefi @NajmaArefi]

Hey girl’s stay strong Because there are so many people that support us and giving so much love to us .
@MohamadiMahdiya @sahar_chamran @EliSafdari @NargesMayeli @ZMozafarii

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Evacuated Afghan women's team included "false" footballers, BBC investigation told https://t.co/j1PuuM11mx

[Najma Arefi @NajmaArefi]

My strong girl don’t stop fighting for your rights ❤️‍🩹🥹🇦🇫

[Fahima jami @JamiFahima]

بخدا میرقصانم تمام دنیا را به ساز آرزو هایم 🤟.