SportsGold for Palestine: Mariam Bsharat’s rare sporting success in karate

Seventeen-year-old Mariam Bsharat won her second under-21 karate World Championship gold medal while competing for Palestine in Poland. Raised in the occupied West Bank, she said travel and financial barriers made training difficult. She moved to Hamburg with her mother and siblings last year and says Germany has opened doors, though she misses home.

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