REMOTE REPORTING / The Palestinian team playing for identity and resistance - ABC

This feature explores the Palestinian women’s football team’s courageous bid to qualify for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup amid escalating conflict and border closures. For these players, simply reaching the pitch was a powerful act of defiance. Through exclusive interviews with diaspora players and close contact with teammates navigating military checkpoints in the West Bank, author sought to capture the extraordinary lengths these women go to in pursuing their sporting dreams and representing their nation