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In 1993, after her father's death, El Hawari created her own football team. She opened the team to women in Egypt and nearby areas to join. She recruited several well-known retired football players as her coaching staff and toured Egypt in search of talented players. The players were accommodated in
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El Hawari grew up fascinated with football. Her father, Ezzat El Hawari, was a former football player and international football referee. There was no women's football in the 1980s when she was in school. However, her father supported her, and told her it was not possible, but it was also not
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El Hawari was a member of the
Parliament of Egypt. In 2017, El Hawari received a five-year sentence on charges of fraudulent bankruptcy. Her membership in Parliament was subsequently dropped, as her indictment was at odds with Parliament's code of morals and internal regulations. El Hawari's
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Egyptian Football Association, for her attempts to include women in the game. Many Egyptians felt that the game should only be played by men and were shocked by the idea of women wearing shorts in public.
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El Hawari was Africa's first female FIFA referee. She has also seen success training referees. In May 2012, the number of female referees in Egypt reached 42, more than any other country in Africa.
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for the second time in its history. After securing their first-ever win in the tournament in a 1-0 victory over
Zimbabwe, they once again failed to make it out of the group stage.
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