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The Pakistani sports woman who had to dress as a boy to compete

The story of the Pakistani squash player Maria Toorpakai, who dressed as a boy so she could play sports in Taliban-controlled Waziristan, has been made into a film called Girl Unbound. She speaks about her journey to fulfill her dream, which took her from Pakistan to Canada.

(Photo: Maria Toorpakai on the squash court. Credit: Human Rights Film Festival)

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