Let me tell you what people get wrong about women in sport in the Middle East. They assume we aren't here. That the opportunities don't exist. That the region hasn't made room for women in sport - and that those of us who have built careers here did so in spite of the culture rather than alongside it. That misconception frustrates me. Not because the journey has been easy - it hasn't. But because it erases the very real, very meaningful progress that has been made. And it doe

There is a moment that stays with me. Before a match, minutes before going on air, a colleague pulled me aside. He began explaining the proceedings - slowly, deliberately - as if I hadn't spent years living and breathing this game. As if I needed to be walked through it. As if I didn't belong there. He wasn't being malicious. That's what made it sting more. He genuinely didn't believe I knew. That moment taught me something nobody warns you about when you decide to walk into