The 2019 African Nations Championship was held in exceptional circumstances as the organization was withdrawn from Cameroon to be attributed to Egypt, which was able to organize a global and historical event in a period not exceeding 6 months.
The success of the organization which dazzled the world and made the president of the African Football Confederation Ahmed Ahmed and President Viva Gianni Infantino said on more than one occasion, "Mahrousa organized a historic tournament in record time."
The global form in which the African Nations Championship emerged was the result of many factors, the most prominent of which was the presence of women at the level of organization, the media and the media.
Jihad Amer, Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Jihad Amer, a member of the Egyptian Parliament and Vice-Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 2019 African Nations Championship, is one of the key factors for the success of the 2019 African Nations Championship. She worked hard to develop and develop the skills of youth volunteer groups at the African Nations Championship for more than three months It was 2019.
She was able to prepare thousands of volunteers shortly before the start of the tournament. She confirmed in her interview for . that this tournament saw for the first time in the history of organizing sports events in Egypt the presence of foreign volunteers. She explained that the organizing committee had received 67 foreign volunteers including Africans and Europeans .
Amer said in statements to . that "the tournament is not only the Egyptian team, the championship effort, and the championship combined state institutions, and the keenness of young people and organizers."
There is no impossible for women now
Inas Mazhar, Vice President of the Organizing Committee at the Cairo Stadium, told SPOTNIK that the women proved to be very successful in the organizational process during the tournament, as they were larger than men. Through strong personality, work and merit, we contributed to the success of the tournament.
She stressed that the women participating in the African Nations Championship were challenging, and the presence in the stadiums throughout the organization and before the start of the tournament late hours and make the maximum effort in love in Egypt, and a desire to show Egypt's ability to organize wonderful.
She added that the women during the tournament were under great pressure and worked hours over 16 hours, in order to organize a world championship, which has already happened and was carried by the international media.
And revealed the great effort exerted by the volunteers during the tournament where they were trained during the month of Ramadan to work in the activities of the organization, but they proved a great ability to prove themselves and managed to take out the tournament as it looked, so I thank them and all the Egyptian women who prove in each event We will participate in the success of any system within our country.
Volunteers Anonymous Soldier in African Nations
Yara Abdullah, a 27-year-old media volunteer at the 2010 African Nations Cup Egypt 2019, said the girls who participated in the African Nations Championship were the unknown soldiers during the tournament, where they made a great effort during the competition for young men.
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Yara Abdullah is one of the media volunteers in the Total Championship African Nations Cup Egypt 2019
Yara, who worked as a volunteer at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and also a volunteer at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016 and accompanying the Egyptian Olympic Mission, told . that "women can do everything men do, The great effort that it made during 2019 was. "
Unpleasant joy
"We were working with joy, but now we are sad," said one of the supervisors of the Cairo Stadium during the tournament. "We broke before it" after the Egyptian team left the 16th round of the competition after a 1-0 defeat to South Africa.
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Om Abdo, one of the supervisors of the cleanliness of the Cairo Stadium during the 2019 African Nations Championship
Om Abdo confirmed in statements to . that "the most pleased thing in the tournament is the gathering of the Egyptians and their joy in the championship and the team, but their great joy is the unfinished victory of Egypt in the championship, but they are doing their best to raise the name of Egypt high through the global organization "He said.
Woman wrestling with men
Suda Thiam, a Senegalese journalist, whose passion for sports coverage led her to work as a journalist for a Senegalese newspaper during the 2019 African Nations Cup, has been in Egypt since the start of the tournament until losing to Algeria in the final against Algeria.
"I did not see a great organization as I saw it in Egypt, where the great preparation and the excellent organization in a period of not more than 6 months," she said, Which made her talk a lot about the magnificence of the organization of the Senegalese newspapers. "
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Suda Thiam is a Senegalese journalist in the African Nations 2019
As for the challenges she faced during the tournament as a woman, she told . that "the most difficult thing for her was to be in the Mexed Zone (the exit area of the players after the match from the dressing rooms to talk to the media) They had to wrestle with men in order to get special statements from the players. "
Disappointment and joy
Safa Serageldin, the Moroccan photojournalist who is the youngest press photographer in the tournament, said in a statement to . that she was very happy to cover the 2019 African Nations Cup, saying she would not forget that coverage throughout her life.
Safa confirmed that during the tournament, despite the joy of the picture she had taken as she cried after Morocco's exit from the round of 16, she is also sad and tired after the exclusion of the Atlas Lions from the continental competition.
The Moroccan photographer entered in a fit of weeping after the sudden departure of the Atlas Lions from Alcan, a photograph taken by Egyptian photographer Sayed Hassan, which spread widely through social networking sites in Egypt or Morocco and shattered the hearts of the Atlas Lions.
"My tears were from the heart, I did not feel anything after Benin scored the last penalty kick and the referee announced Morocco's loss," Safa said.
"I did not think anyone would take a picture of me. My tears were automatic after the team left and I was surprised after the game by the spread of the picture through social networking sites."
An impressive picture of the press photographer "Safa Siraj" crying in the wake of the defeat of the Moroccan team, Benin. This is the national free and Ijik Shi Mihi says Lake Morocco gave us Walwa pic.twitter.com/Yq8HqDh9JV
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Safa confirmed that she chose the field of photojournalism as a guise for her photography career. She is currently the youngest sports journalist in Morocco and is the first journalist to accompany the Moroccan team on an out-of-bounds trip, according to the website Kouroura.
Nations of Africa raise the ceiling of ambition among participants
Nancy Ali (21 years), one of the volunteers in the total African Cup of Nations Egypt 2019, confirmed that the African Nations Cup raised the ceiling of ambition for her.
She added that in statements to ., "I worked without charge during the tournament in support and love for Egypt, noting the great effort they made during the tournament and before it in order to graduate the competition in this world."
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Nancy on one of the groups in the 2019 African Nations Championship
Nancy, who participated for the first time in organizing a continental tournament, confirmed that she is ready to volunteer in any tournament inside or outside Egypt presented to her after the wonderful experience she received in the nations of Africa 2019.
The love of football and sports led me to the nations of Africa
The 20-year-old Yemeni footballer, Sherif Mohammed, led to the work of one of the volunteers in the Total Cup of Nations 2019 African Cup of Nations, to be her first experience in working in the big football events.
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Yemna Sherif Mohamed is one of the volunteers in the Total Championship African Nations Cup Egypt 2019
Yemna confirmed in statements to . that her participation in the volunteer team during the tournament gave her great experience and prepared her well for her future journalism, where she teaches journalism at an Egyptian university.
Yemeni expressed deep sadness at the Egyptian team's early exit from the tournament, but stressed at the same time that this did not deter her and her colleagues from doing all the effort until the last moment in the African Nations Championship.
The greatest stadiums in Africa
Two journalists from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) show their fascination with football in Egypt, as they have never seen before, such as Cairo Stadium or Air Defense.
"They did not expect to see the infrastructure in Egypt, especially football stadiums, because they had not visited Egypt before," he told ..
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Charlene is a Congolese journalist at the 2019 African Nations Championship
Asked about their coverage of the 2019 African Nations Cup, they confirmed that they had presented a wonderful picture of Egypt, especially after seeing the international organization, especially the opening ceremony.
Charlene stressed her great love for the audience and the Egyptian people who were very kind to her, and the facilities she found by the organizing committee.
Recognition of the efforts of the ladies during the tournament
"Everyone was looking at us as little girls but we were able to make everyone look at us with pride and respect," said Simon Akram, 22, a volunteer translator at the 2019 African Nations Cup.
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Simon Akram is one of the media volunteers in the Total Championship African Nations Cup Egypt 2019
"We did not realize how difficult it would be for us, but we were overcome with effort and patience," she told .. "The women in the total tournament of the 2019 African Nations Cup Egypt are the truly unknown soldier."
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