michal

documenting movement and memory
founder, Studio Hiwet

[michal @mkpetros]

🇪🇷⚽️ Why do Eritrean football players continue to flee?

Thank you @africasacountry for the space to go deeper into the recent player defections and what they really represent.

Read here: https://t.co/meM4FyNG9G

[michal @mkpetros]

this was a gut wrenching day to support African teams in the World Cup 😭🇨🇩🇸🇳

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional definition of birthright citizenship — meaning all children born in the United States are U.S. citizens.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed. https://t.co/v6BOQVLRnx

[Aseel Swaid @aseelswaid9]

Senegal. 1998.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

It's Bisan from Gaza. The World Cup is here, but Palestinian footballers are struggling to survive a genocide. Meet the young players still playing between the rubble.

[Aseel Swaid @aseelswaid9]

for vogue italia. 1998.

[Maher Mezahi @MezahiMaher]

Africa is the continent that has sent the largest percentage of it's representatives to the knockout stages at the 2026 World Cup:

- Europe 13/16 (81%)

- Africa 9/10 (90%)

- Asia 2/9 (22%)

- South America 5/6 (83%)

- North America 3/6 (50%)

- Oceania 0/1 (0%)

[CAF @CAF_Online]

Round of 32, here comes DR Congo. 🇨🇩

Africa marches on in the #FIFAWorldCup. ✊🌍

[michal @mkpetros]

some incredible stories from this World Cup and this is one of my favorite

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

It’s something that bears repeating, considering how extraordinary it is, so we say again: Cape Verde are through to the knockout rounds of the World Cup.

It’s extraordinary enough that they qualified: this tiny country, this collection of small islands, not all of them inhabited. They’re now comfortably the smallest to make it through to the knockout rounds.

And they are not necessarily just beneficiaries of the expanded format: they won their qualification group, finishing ahead of relative World Cup stalwarts Cameroon, and finished second in this group. They didn’t need playoffs or to be one of the third-placed teams in their group here.

It’s Argentina next for them. It’s likely that will be it for them. But then, there’s nothing much likely about what this team have achieved so far...

🔗 https://t.co/gaEuMIBnK8

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

It’s something that bears repeating, considering how extraordinary it is, so we say again: Cape Verde are through to the knockout rounds of the World Cup.

It’s extraordinary enough that they qualified: this tiny country, this collection of small islands, not all of them inhabited. They’re now comfortably the smallest to make it through to the knockout rounds.

And they are not necessarily just beneficiaries of the expanded format: they won their qualification group, finishing ahead of relative World Cup stalwarts Cameroon, and finished second in this group. They didn’t need playoffs or to be one of the third-placed teams in their group here.

It’s Argentina next for them. It’s likely that will be it for them. But then, there’s nothing much likely about what this team have achieved so far...

🔗 https://t.co/gaEuMIBnK8

[Aseel Swaid @aseelswaid9]

Eating tortillas in Santiago Amoltepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico - John Stanmeyer

[michal @mkpetros]

Apple: https://t.co/qUT1FHsvpd

Spotify: https://t.co/g8SSL9rgbL

Youtube: https://t.co/o2eX93VrEp

Which song are you adding to your rotation? 🎧

#worldcup #mundial #africanmusic #playlist

[michal @mkpetros]

⚽️ Inspired by following the World Cup from Mexico, I curated a playlist celebrating the 10 African nations that qualified for this year's tournament—alongside songs that capture both the joy of victory and the complicated emotions football can evoke around the world 🎧🎶

[PEN Eritrea @PEN_Ertra]

Today, we launch #ProofOfLife, a global campaign demanding answers for 12 Eritrean writers and journalists who have been forcibly disappeared for 25 years. Enforced disappearance is torture. The silence must end. We demand proof of life now.
https://t.co/pykmbmkaMi

[Maher Mezahi @MezahiMaher]

This is Alex

In March he watched DR Congo vs Jamaica and had such a great time with Congolese fans he made his own Lumumba shirt (difficult to source jerseys in Guadalajara)

He’s know very knowledgeable about the history of the country and made local Congolese friends

Football

[michal @mkpetros]

I arrived in Guadalajara to improve my Spanish — and ended up supporting Congo’s historic return to the World Cup 🇨🇩🐆✨

In my recent Substack, I reflect on the significance of Central Africa meeting Western Mexico 🇲🇽⚽️

https://t.co/FEShFPAbbY

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

DR CONGO'S STATUE SUPERFAN HAS ARRIVED AT THE WORLD CUP 🚨

Known as 'Lumumba Vea', the supporter who stands still all game in homage to the country's revered first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, has landed in Guadalajara before the Leopards' game vs. Colombia on Tuesday 🇨🇩

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

If there are ever any complaints about a 48-team World Cup lacking in quality, then Cape Verde are the perfect antidote to that narrative.

To draw against Spain in their opening match was nothing short of remarkable, but to follow that up with an equally impressive performance to draw with Uruguay was something to behold.

🔗 https://t.co/JoqwTR1Rw1

[michal @mkpetros]

i didn’t think i’d fall into FIFA manía like this but it’s impossible not to in Mexico - the energy has been insane 🇲🇽❤️‍🔥

[michal @mkpetros]

wish the final score was in Ivory Coast’s favor but what an incredible match ❤️‍🔥

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Ivory Coast has scored against Germany at the World Cup.

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