Dana AlKurd (Dana Al-Kurd) — episode contributor on Palestine
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But like I said, of course, there are many heartwarming stories.
For me as a Palestinian, it's been great to see how much Palestine keeps popping up.
Despite the fact that the environment in the United States is much more hostile on this issue than Qatar, the last World Cup, people are still talking about Palestine and advocating for Palestine.
Thousands of Bosnian supporters, for example, turned Toronto into a sea of blue as they marched toward the stadium for the Canada match, chanting Free Palestine.
And they did that in a number of places, Inglewood, Seattle.
They also chanted Palestine within the stadiums in multiple games.
At that Canada game, activists also unfurled a Kick Israel Out of FIFA banner.
And it makes sense, really, when you understand the experience of Bosnians with genocide themselves not too long ago.
Similarly, Moroccan fans held Palestinian flags or wore Morocco jerseys with the word Palestine on it, and this showed up on TV.
At the very opening match in Mexico City, pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered to form a giant human Palestinian flag, and South Korean fans brought Palestinian flags to the tournament, honoring a promise they made during their qualifying when their fans had chanted, we'll take Palestine to the World Cup with us.
In Gaza, Palestinians are watching the games too.
Spain is the favorite team these days because of the government's position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and because of superstar player Lamin Yamal, who has been unapologetically pro-Palestine.
Obviously, the genocide that has unfolded in Gaza and the war and killing that continues in the Middle East, in both occupied territories and in Lebanon, are part of the reason why this issue seems to be ever-present.
But it didn't start with the genocide.
The story of Palestine at the World Cup is more layered than that.
And the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was a good demonstration of why Palestine keeps popping up and what Palestine represents to fans, especially Arab ones then and everyone now.
I know it might seem strange to be talking about this now a few years after the fact, but I've been thinking about it a lot, especially given everything that has unfolded since.
And I think the World Cup moment is one of those events that gets more interesting, not less, as time passes.
Back then, as it does now, it's showing us something important.
Not just about Palestine, but about the limits of what governments can actually control when it comes to what their own people believe.
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