The Fugees

GREAT BOOK:

Outcasts United. Spiegel & Grau. New York: 2009.

The story of the Fugee soccer team, founded by Luma Mufleh (American-educated, Jordanian born and raised) circa 2004. The setting is Clarkston, Georgia, home to tens of thousands of newly arrived refugees from all over Africa and the Middle East. Mufleh's and her players' perserverance in creating an "international", multi-ethnic soccer team as a project for personal growth and responsibility of all those involved, is heartwarming. Against great odds, from war to disgruntled mayors steeped in prejudice, Warren St. John's documentary tells the tale of the little team that could.

There is a movie in the works as well:

http://www.strangecultureblog.com/2007/06/luma-muflehs-life-story-creates.html