Identity politics shape Middle Eastern and North African soccer
Hany Ramzy: The exception that confirms the rule
By James M. Dorsey
Hany Ramzy returned to Egypt from this month’s London Olympics a soccer hero and a model in a country and a region in which identity politics rather national identity often governs the beautiful game.
A Coptic Christian and one-time legendary national soccer team captain in a squad whose f…
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