Morocco's women's team train in Sale, just outside the capital Rabat, ahead of the World Cup. When the Atlas Lionesses face two-times former champions Germany in Melbourne they will be the first Arab team to play at a Women's World Cup. It has not gone unnoticed in a country mad about football and still buzzing from what their men did at the Qatar World Cup in December. Morocco are in Group H at the Women's World Cup and as well as Germany will face South Korea and Colombia. Photo: FADEL SENNA / AFP/FileSource: AFPThat women's football is growing in popularity in Morocco is thanks to a development strategy put in place in 2020.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 22, 2023 10:24 UTC