The Resource Fighting for Hakeem : how people power challenged two monarchies, a military junta and football's governing body FIFA .. and won, Craig Foster with Alex Engel-Mallon
Fighting for Hakeem : how people power challenged two monarchies, a military junta and football's governing body FIFA .. and won, Craig Foster with Alex Engel-Mallon
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- Summary
- Football is the world game. It unites. At a grassroots level it creates communities and, in 2019, those communities helped save the life of one of its own. In 2012, Hakeem al-Araibi was a promising young player on Bahrain's national football team when he was arrested for attacking a police station during the Arab Spring, despite television footage showing him playing soccer at the time of the alleged attack. After three months of torture and wrongful imprisonment, Hakeem was released. He fled the country and made his way to Australia, where he was granted refugee status. Hakeem made a life here and was playing for the suburban Pascoe Vale Football Club, in Melbourne. He thought he was safe. But, in November 2018, on a holiday to Thailand with his wife, Hakeem was again arrested. The Bahraini government wanted to extradite him to face a ten-year jail sentence, or worse. What happened next shows the best of what soccer can do, and the worst the governing body of FIFA brings. If it wasn't for the Australian soccer community and former Socceroo Craig Foster, Hakeem may never have been freed. This powerful memoir reveals how a local soccer legend fought tirelessly to help bring home a man he'd never met. From Pascoe Vale to Switzerland, Canberra to Thailand, Foster raised his voice and tens of thousands of Australians were galvanised to #FreeHakeem. Foster lobbied FIFA and the United Nations and worked with human rights organisations worldwide to enable Hakeem's safe return to his wife in Australia. Despite being from different backgrounds, religions and generations, Craig Foster and Hakeem al-Araibi are united forever through their love of the world game and their fight for freedom
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Contents
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- A honeymoon arrested
- Hakeem's story
- Early days
- A deafening silence
- Klong Prem Prison
- The Asian cup of human rights
- Bangkok
- FIFA House
- Amsterdam - Geneva - Sydney
- People power
- Shackles
- Freedom
- Dear Scott and Bill
- Isbn
- 9780733643163
- Label
- Fighting for Hakeem : how people power challenged two monarchies, a military junta and football's governing body FIFA .. and won
- Title
- Fighting for Hakeem
- Title remainder
- how people power challenged two monarchies, a military junta and football's governing body FIFA .. and won
- Statement of responsibility
- Craig Foster with Alex Engel-Mallon
- Title variation
- Fighting for Hakeem
- Subject
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- Bahrain
- Communication in politics -- Technological innovations
- Communication in politics -- Technological innovations
- Extradition
- Extradition -- Thailand
- Human rights
- Human rights advocacy
- Human rights advocacy
- Political participation -- Technological innovations
- Political participation -- Technological innovations
- Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia
- Al-Araibi, Hakeem
- Refugees -- Australia
- Refugees -- Bahrain
- Refugees -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Soccer
- Soccer players
- Soccer players -- Australia
- Soccer players -- Bahrain
- Social action
- Social media -- Political aspects
- Social media -- Political aspects
- Thailand
- Refugees
- Athletes
- Australia
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Football is the world game. It unites. At a grassroots level it creates communities and, in 2019, those communities helped save the life of one of its own. In 2012, Hakeem al-Araibi was a promising young player on Bahrain's national football team when he was arrested for attacking a police station during the Arab Spring, despite television footage showing him playing soccer at the time of the alleged attack. After three months of torture and wrongful imprisonment, Hakeem was released. He fled the country and made his way to Australia, where he was granted refugee status. Hakeem made a life here and was playing for the suburban Pascoe Vale Football Club, in Melbourne. He thought he was safe. But, in November 2018, on a holiday to Thailand with his wife, Hakeem was again arrested. The Bahraini government wanted to extradite him to face a ten-year jail sentence, or worse. What happened next shows the best of what soccer can do, and the worst the governing body of FIFA brings. If it wasn't for the Australian soccer community and former Socceroo Craig Foster, Hakeem may never have been freed. This powerful memoir reveals how a local soccer legend fought tirelessly to help bring home a man he'd never met. From Pascoe Vale to Switzerland, Canberra to Thailand, Foster raised his voice and tens of thousands of Australians were galvanised to #FreeHakeem. Foster lobbied FIFA and the United Nations and worked with human rights organisations worldwide to enable Hakeem's safe return to his wife in Australia. Despite being from different backgrounds, religions and generations, Craig Foster and Hakeem al-Araibi are united forever through their love of the world game and their fight for freedom
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Foster, Craig
- Dewey number
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- 796.33404
- 796.334092
- 325.210953650994
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Engel-Mallon, Alex
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Al-Araibi, Hakeem
- Refugees
- Refugees
- Soccer players
- Soccer players
- Soccer
- Extradition
- Human rights advocacy
- Social media
- Political participation
- Communication in politics
- Political refugees
- Refugees
- Human rights
- Social action
- Athletes
- Communication in politics
- Extradition
- Human rights advocacy
- Political participation
- Political refugees
- Refugees
- Soccer players
- Social media
- Australia
- Bahrain
- Thailand
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Fighting for Hakeem : how people power challenged two monarchies, a military junta and football's governing body FIFA .. and won, Craig Foster with Alex Engel-Mallon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A honeymoon arrested -- Hakeem's story -- Early days -- A deafening silence -- Klong Prem Prison -- The Asian cup of human rights -- Bangkok -- FIFA House -- Amsterdam - Geneva - Sydney -- People power -- Shackles -- Freedom -- Dear Scott and Bill
- Control code
- on1125273148
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9780733643163
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Fighting for Hakeem : how people power challenged two monarchies, a military junta and football's governing body FIFA .. and won, Craig Foster with Alex Engel-Mallon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A honeymoon arrested -- Hakeem's story -- Early days -- A deafening silence -- Klong Prem Prison -- The Asian cup of human rights -- Bangkok -- FIFA House -- Amsterdam - Geneva - Sydney -- People power -- Shackles -- Freedom -- Dear Scott and Bill
- Control code
- on1125273148
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9780733643163
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Bahrain
- Communication in politics -- Technological innovations
- Communication in politics -- Technological innovations
- Extradition
- Extradition -- Thailand
- Human rights
- Human rights advocacy
- Human rights advocacy
- Political participation -- Technological innovations
- Political participation -- Technological innovations
- Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia
- Al-Araibi, Hakeem
- Refugees -- Australia
- Refugees -- Bahrain
- Refugees -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Soccer
- Soccer players
- Soccer players -- Australia
- Soccer players -- Bahrain
- Social action
- Social media -- Political aspects
- Social media -- Political aspects
- Thailand
- Refugees
- Athletes
- Australia
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