what makes soccer loved all over the
world is that it doesn’t need any
infrastructure it doesn’t need language
abilities anybody can play it all you
need is just a ball and so everywhere in
the world people play soccer everywhere
in the world they love soccer
my name is Aziz abou sir I’m a cultural
educator and a peace maker and I’m here
in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil I came here
to watch the World Cup matches but also
to learn about this country and meet new
people and make new friendships
growing up to me soccer was as much part
of my life as eating and drinking and
going to school I played soccer every
day I watched every match possible it
was something that took us out of the
reality of the Middle East into a whole
different world in Israel and Palestine
I worked with Israeli and Palestinian
kids bringing them together to play
together and the same team not Israelis
versus Palestinians but actually mixing
the teams together and the moment they
got on the field they forgot all
differences language didn’t matter color
didn’t matter what religion they are
didn’t matter all method is whether you
can play or not
soccer is a great way of intercultural
exchange because every team whether they
intended for it or not are bringing some
of their culture into the games their
fans are bringing their colors their
music their dances and you get to learn
about that even sometimes some of their
beliefs one cultural thing that people
have learned in this world cup is about
the Muslim players who had to fast
because of the month of Ramadan from
sunrise to sunset not eating and not
drinking and being having to play while
fasting is really hard and so it’s been
a great experience and a great learning
experience for everybody
world is that it doesn’t need any
infrastructure it doesn’t need language
abilities anybody can play it all you
need is just a ball and so everywhere in
the world people play soccer everywhere
in the world they love soccer
my name is Aziz abou sir I’m a cultural
educator and a peace maker and I’m here
in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil I came here
to watch the World Cup matches but also
to learn about this country and meet new
people and make new friendships
growing up to me soccer was as much part
of my life as eating and drinking and
going to school I played soccer every
day I watched every match possible it
was something that took us out of the
reality of the Middle East into a whole
different world in Israel and Palestine
I worked with Israeli and Palestinian
kids bringing them together to play
together and the same team not Israelis
versus Palestinians but actually mixing
the teams together and the moment they
got on the field they forgot all
differences language didn’t matter color
didn’t matter what religion they are
didn’t matter all method is whether you
can play or not
soccer is a great way of intercultural
exchange because every team whether they
intended for it or not are bringing some
of their culture into the games their
fans are bringing their colors their
music their dances and you get to learn
about that even sometimes some of their
beliefs one cultural thing that people
have learned in this world cup is about
the Muslim players who had to fast
because of the month of Ramadan from
sunrise to sunset not eating and not
drinking and being having to play while
fasting is really hard and so it’s been
a great experience and a great learning
experience for everybody
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