🏆 Referee announced for 2026 #SuperCup!
We're pleased to share that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the highly anticipated match between PSG and Aston Villa in Salzburg.
What an absolute disgrace. A FIFA-certified referee being denied entry to the United States purely because he is Somali.
The World Cup is meant to bring people together. This is racism, plain and simple. Shameful.
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Somali women shaped one of the richest legacies in historic fashion. Their artistry fuelled Somalia’s famed textile industry spanning close to a 1000 years. Their iconic attires have since been adopted by various groups, and in many cases without credit.
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Genuinely difficult for me to square the idea of doing an event for children with a man who single-handedly expanded the U.S. drone program across multiple countries, approving strikes that killed countless people children included. Just doesn’t sit right with me.
The Sudanese woman in the pink hijab said:
“I say this to the Muslim leaders: Stay in your castles, wear our hijabs, and hand over your weapons. We deserve them more than you. You are cowards, sitting on the thrones built from the bones of the children of Gaza”