Awista Ayub

Awista Ayub ( born 1979 ) is an Afghan writer and founder of the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange in the United States.

Life

Awista Ayub came the age of two with her family from Afghanistan to the United States. She studied chemistry at the University of Rochester in New York and graduated with a bachelor's exam from. Your studies at the University of Delaware, she graduated with a Master of Public Administration. Already during her studies she campaigned for the sport, from its socio -changing effect it is satisfied. In autumn 2003 she founded the " Afghan Youth Sports Exchange". For her commitment, she was honored by Glamour magazine in July 2006 with the title 'Hero of the Month '. From 2005 to 2007 Ayub was as educational and health officer at the Afghan Embassy in Washington, DC, acting.

In her novel Kabul Girls Soccer Club, under the title of Kabul Girls Soccer Club: A Dream is published, Eight Girls, and a Journey Home 2010, Ayub tells the story of eight girls who were brought to the United States to learn how to play better football.

Works

• Kick it in Kabul. 8 girls, 1 ball and the dream of freedom. Bastion Luebbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2010, ISBN 978-3-404-61667-1. From the American English by Ingrid Exo.