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VIDEO: Local coach a "Salaam Dunk" in Iraq

MON, 21 MAY 2012 19:13 | KRG.org

Seattle native Ryan Bubalo founded and coaches the women's basketball team at the American University of Iraq in Kurdistan. A new documentary called Salaam Dunk follows their story.

Basketball is much more than a game in this documentary about a women’s basketball team at the American University of Iraq in Kurdistan. For the team, most of whom have never touched a basketball or been allowed to play any sport, it is a blissful release from the realities of a war-torn nation. From all ethnicities and sects—Arab, Kurd, Christian, Sunni, and Shiite, team members find joy in playing and a deep love for their young American coach. The film depicts an Iraq united in a way that’s rarely seen.

To learn about the non-profit organization Sisters In Hoops started by the young women at AUIS to help increase access and leadership opportunities for other young women in Iraq, visit www.sistersinhoops.org .



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