Faiza Heidar, Egyptian woman professional football trainer
Faiza Heidar grew up playing soccer in the streets with the boys and went on to captain Egypts national womens team.
Now she has become the first woman to train one of the countrys professional mens clubs.
Heidar has been signed up by the fourth division side Ideal Goldi, based in Giza.
There is usually some mockery at the beginning, the 36-year-old told Reuters.
But then they realise that they will learn something, that they will develop their skills.
ICYMI: Soccer star becomes the first woman to coach a mens pro team in Egypt
Reuters (@Reuters)
She said she was the first Egyptian coach male or female to gain the Premier Skills Coach Educator status, certified by Englands Premier League.
Soccer remains an overwhelmingly male sport in Egypt.
I would tell her not to go. She would say: No, I will go. She loved the sport, said Heidars mother, Khodra Abdelrahman.
I let her go and prayed that God help her. And she did go, and she has done so well. (Reuters/NAN)
Source: NAN News