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10 Celebrities Who Support Palestine

Mohamed Aboutrika

Celebrities Who Support Palestine-Mohamed Aboutrika

Celebrities Who Support Palestine-Mohamed Aboutrika

In a move that caused a furore, Egypt’s midfielder Mohamed Aboutrika lifted his pullover in the wake of scoring against Sudan in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2008 to uncover a white shirt under with “feel for Gaza” composed on it in both Arabic and English. Aboutrika was condemned for the assertion, as it disregarded football administering body Fifa’s standards on political articulations.

He was given a yellow card by the ref for the move, and was likewise sent a conventional admonition by the Confederation of African Football. The footballer later expressed that the proclamation mirrored his very own perspectives. Numerous activists lauded the footballer for his assertion, and in Egypt, he was hailed as a public legend.

The footballing legend later got a wildly energetic applause at the Algerian Ballon d’Or service in 2016 in the wake of talking about Palestinian freedoms in his discourse. Soon thereafter, the now-resigned footballer expressed that he wrote in his will that he needs the shirt from the 2008 coordinate with Sudan “to be covered” with him when he passes on.

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