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Rebel Girls

Khalida Popal Read by Shamsia Hassani

Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.57.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Khalida Popal is a football player, an activist and a defender at heart. As a committed team leader, Khalida empowers girls through sports and defends her teammates in Afghanistan both on and off the pitch. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced by Haley Dapkus with sound design and mixing by Bianca Salinas. It was written by Sara Weiss and edited by Abby Sher. Fact-checking by Joe Rhatigan. Narration by Shamsia Hassani. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Our executive producer was Joy Smith. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Breaking news across the globe sounds are mysteriously going missing

0:06.4

waves are no longer crashing crickets are no longer chirping and the familiar

0:12.1

jingle of the ice cream truck is now a distant memory.

0:16.7

We need to get to the bottom of this.

0:18.9

So let's follow Detective Hunch and his new sidekick Audie the ear as they solve these Sonic mysteries and track down the nefarious sound swindler

0:29.3

all with a little help from the one and only La Var Burton.

0:33.0

Join the team on this audio adventure and help return the missing sounds before the world falls silent.

0:40.0

Tune in to sound detectives, presented by LaVara Burton wherever you listen to

0:45.0

podcasts and don't forget to follow the show so you never miss an episode. The year was 2007. And her teammates stood shoulder to shoulder on a wide open football pitch in Islamabad, Pakistan.

1:09.0

They were wearing their red national team jerseys representing their home country of Afghanistan for the first time.

1:18.0

Kalaika could hardly believe this was happening as a hush fell over the stadium and the Afani National Anthem began to play.

1:30.8

She filled her throat tighter, tears of joy falling down her cheeks.

1:37.0

Hollada's teammates were crying beside her too, after so many years of training and defending pleading with the

1:46.3

government to recognize their rights. Even standing here singing their anthem felt like a victory.

1:55.0

And whatever happened in this game would affect the rights of at least and women everywhere.

2:03.0

I'm Shamsia Hasani and this is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, a fairy tale podcast about the real life rebel women who inspire us.

2:22.0

On this episode, Kida Poopel,

2:25.0

Football Player, Activist, and Defender at Heart. Hallida was born in 1987 in Kabul, Afghanistan, a bustling city nestled in a valley between tall snow-kept mountains.

2:48.3

At home, Kaleida was always on the move,

2:51.8

running outside with her brothers and playing football or soccer as it's

2:57.7

called in the United States.

3:00.9

Hollida's mom worked as a physical education teacher and she loved how much

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