women's football in Egypt
{{Short description|Women's sport in Egypt}}
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| union = Egyptian Football Association
| country = Egypt
| sport = football
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| nationalteam = Women's national team
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FIFA Women's World Cup (National Team)
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Football in Egypt has traditionally been played by men as women were prevented from participating in sports.{{cite news|title= Soccer Pioneer Builds Her Own Revolution In Egypt|publisher= NPR|url= https://www.npr.org/2012/05/23/153512361/soccer-pioneer-builds-her-own-revolution-in-egypt|access-date=2012-07-29}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0FWubX7f2M |title=Egypt's women footballers face battles off the pitch |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2012-08-02}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/y=2016/m=5/news=egypt-s-women-closing-the-gap-2791815.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522201335/http://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/y=2016/m=5/news=egypt-s-women-closing-the-gap-2791815.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 22, 2016|title=Egypt's women closing the gap|last=FIFA.com|date=19 May 2016|access-date=28 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/20278-in-egypt-womens-soccer-carries-a-cultural-kick|title=In Egypt, Women's Soccer Carries a Cultural Kick|first=Angelo|last=Solomita|website=Bleacher Report |access-date=6 July 2018}}{{Cite news |last=Obayiuwana |first=Osasu |date=2023-12-13 |title='Many think football is not a game for women': why Egypt is falling behind |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/dec/13/egypt-womens-football-moving-the-goalposts |access-date=2024-02-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Madame Sahar El Hawari is one of the innovators of Egyptian football helping form the Egypt women's national football team and then going to the women's African cup of Nations.{{cite web|last=Mazhar |first=Inas |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3576573.stm |title=BBC SPORT | Football | African | Egyptian woman honoured |publisher=BBC News |date=2004-03-30 |access-date=2012-08-02}}{{cite web|url=http://english.cntv.cn/program/facesofafrica/20120220/102482.shtml |title=Faces of Africa 2012-02-20 Sahar´s goal CCTV News - CNTV English |access-date=2012-08-02}}{{cite web|author=Yasmine El-Rashidi |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/673/sp6.htm |title=Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Women on top |publisher=Weekly.ahram.org.eg |date=2004-01-21 |access-date=2012-08-02}}{{cite news|title= Shedding light on Egypt women football|publisher= The Egyptian Gazette|url= http://213.158.162.45/~egyptian/index.php?action=news&id=19559&title=Shedding%20light%20on%20Egypt%20women%20football|access-date=2012-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104025250/http://213.158.162.45/~egyptian/index.php?action=news&id=19559&title=Shedding%20light%20on%20Egypt%20women%20football|archive-date=2012-01-04}} {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N6qSAwAAQBAJ&q=women%27s+soccer+in+egypt&pg=PA68|title=Soccer around the World: A Cultural Guide to the World's Favorite Sport|first1=Charles|last1=Parrish|first2=John|last2=Nauright|date=21 April 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781610693035|access-date=28 February 2017|via=Google Books}}
National League
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FIFA has assessed the Egypt women's national football team and stated that the women footballers are good but could be better technically.{{cite news|title= Good but could be better|publisher= Al-Ahram|url= http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/936/sp1.htm|access-date=2012-07-29}}
Many women experience prejudice for playing the sport.{{cite web|last=Klein |first=Jeff Z. |url=http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/womens-soccer-egyptian-men-and-what-is-forbidden/ |title=Women's Soccer, Egyptian Men, and What Is 'Forbidden' - NYTimes.com |publisher=Goal.blogs.nytimes.com |date=2007-09-20 |access-date=2012-08-02}}{{cite web|author=AlJazeeraEnglish |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu1CrkrQV_Q&mode=related&search= |title=Egypt's women footballers - 27 Jul 07 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2012-08-02}} However, Sarah Essam{{Cite web |last=Diamond |first=Drew |date=2020-05-17 |title=Exclusive: Sarah Essam on Her Unique Role as a Female Arab Athlete |url=https://herfootballhub.com/egypts-sarah-essam-unique-role-as-female-arab-athlete/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Her Football Hub |language=en-GB}} became the first Egyptian to play in Europe for Stoke City in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/sarah-essam-stokes-egyptian-queen-3070156?_branch_match_id=772109758862189678|title=Sarah Essam, Stoke City's Egyptian queen|website=FIFA|date=16 April 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/52185801|title=Sarah Essam: fitness motivation lies in goals|website=BBC|date=6 April 2020}}
See also
{{Portal|Football in Africa}}
References
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{{Women's football in Africa}}
{{Women's football in Asia}}
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