With Courage and Anguish, A Gaza Athlete Speaks Out

By Barbara Erickson | TimesWarp | May 28, 2015 His name is Iyad Abu Gharqoud; he is a soccer player and a resident of Gaza, and he speaks to us directly from The New York Times today, allowing us to hear his anguish— as well as his courage—in telling his own experience of Israeli oppression. […]

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