Boxing Provides a Path out of Poverty for Girls in Pakistan

The Long Game: Sports Stories of Courage and Conviction by Foreign Policy and Doha Debates

Dec 15, 202223:04Sports & Recreation

Aliya Soomro was not yet ten years old when she heard that a boxing coach near her home was training young girls. Aliya lives in Lyari, a densely populated neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan known for gang violence and da...

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