Qatar's female football starlets eager to emerge from the shadows

Four Qatar Womens National squad teammates speak about being among the first female players to ever get an opportunity to play in their own country

Up in lights: The official 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar logo flashes on an electronic billboard at Time Square. Pic: Angela Weiss/AFP

DWANA Khalifa's brother, Hamid Ismail Khalifa, could be one of the select eleven who starts on the first ever Qatari World Cup team on November 20.

But, as of mid-morning Wednesday, she still didn’t have a ticket for the long-awaited Group A opener against Ecuador which will be historic for her nation and for her strong footballing family.