“Sister coach”: First Arab and Sudanese woman to coach a men’s team

Salma al-Majidi, acknowledged by FIFA as the first Arab and Sudanese woman to coach a men's football team in the Arab world, coaches the Al-Ahly Al-Gadaref club during a training session in the town of Gedaref, east of Khartoum on February 17, 2018. - In Sudan where a women's national football team remains a distant dream, Salma al-Majidi knew the only way to take part in her beloved sport was to coach... and that had to be men. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)