Nadia Nadim: From Living in a Refugee Camp to Playing for One of the Biggest Clubs in the World
The Afghan-Danish player fled Afghanistan at the age of 11 to escape the Taliban regime and today, she is a national-level football player. This is her story.
I was born on 2nd of January 1988 in Herat Afghanistan where I was raised by my mother and father, together with my four sisters.
When I was young, I got the heart breaking news that the Taliban had executed my father. After that, my family decided to escape Afghanistan, as it was not a safe place for a family of 6 women's.
We planned to escape to London, where we had a few relatives, and with forged passports we came to Italy through Pakistan. From there, my entire family and I went on a truck, thinking we where heading towards London. After a few days, we all turfed of the truck, expecting to see Big Ben. We did not. All w...
