AMMAN — Twenty-six-year-old Zeina
Hamarsha has recently become the first Jordanian to graduate with a
FIFA master’s degree in humanities, rights, marketing, and economic management of matches and
organizations.
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Throughout her sports career,
Hamarsha served as the director of Jordan’s women national basketball team and
an assistant director of the
West Asian Basketball Championship. She organized several
tournaments, including the Housing Bank League and the King Abdullah
Tournament, and ran a workshop on basketball match photography.
She also served as the liaison
officer for the 2016 FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup and the stadium manager for
the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, before joining the
Olympic Committee during the
boxing qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Hamarsha told
Jordan News that, to her, “Nothing is impossible, and although we have weak capabilities
compared to other countries, still we have trust in local competencies, and I
will dedicate all the skills and experience that I have gained to improve the
local sports system."
Comparing herself to her family
members, most of whom work in Jordan’s medical field, she said, “My family is
not into sports, but the surrounding environment makes sports a priority to me.
It is my passion, and I cannot give it up.”
She also pointed to some of the challenges
she encountered as she pursued her passion for sports: “My young age posed a
problem when all workers in the sports field were older than me, especially
since I worked in senior administrative positions. Yet I kept going because sport
is life to me.” According to Hamarsha, her family members gave her their full
emotional and financial support.
“Another significant challenge I
faced was when some of the guys I worked with could not stand the fact that a
female was their senior,” she said. “But they finally got along with the idea,
which is considered peculiar in our patriarchal society.”
In a message to young, aspiring
female athletes, Hamarsha stated that “nothing is impossible,” and that “A
female who thinks lowly of herself … must believe in (her own) potential in
order to achieve (her) goals."
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