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Pakistan coach made to wait in Jordan
Mohammed Shamlan denied entry byIsrael to play in Palestinian tournament
by Kadeem Simmonds
Pakistan’s football coach Bahraini Mohammed Shamlan has been stuck in Amman, Jordan, for more than two days while he awaits a permit from Israel to allow him to join his team at the al-Nakba International Football Tournament in Palestine.
The tournament was set up as a way to commemorate the Nakba or “Day of the Catastrophe” as 700,000 Palestinians fled their homes in 1948.
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