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Maha Malak at TEDxKhartoumWomen

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2012 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Claiming our Space is an event which highlights something special about Sudanese women. December, 1st 2012, DAL Excellence Centre, Khartoum, Sudan. Find about it on http://women.tedxkhartoum.com/

Talk Title: Don't look back, follow your passion

About the Speaker: Maha Malak 

Known as coach Maha, she has through sheer determination and her love of sport succeeded in being one of a handful of Sudanese women to occupy high-ranking posts in the field of junior and women's basketball and volleyball. A member of Sudan's national basketball and volley ball teams in the 70s, coach Maha confronted numerous social and financial challenges to arrive at the position she is in today. Maha was dubbed the 'Iron Lady' by one of her local clergyman after separating from her husband and having to face a strict Coptic community as a divorcee and single mother. In addition to giving private basketball and volleyball lessons, coach Maha also teaches these sports at schools and in the voluntary sector. Although she still faces challenges in her daily work, Maha says her previous hardship motivates her to stay positive and carry on.

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