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Intisar Shanib becomes first woman to head football club in Libya

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 825 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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Intisar Shanib becomes first woman to head football club in Libya Shanib has been appointed as the president of Darnes Sports Club, a prominent football club in Libya’s Derna city.

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What happened

Intisar Shanib becomes first woman to head football club in Libya Shanib has been appointed as the president of Darnes Sports Club, a prominent football club in Libya’s Derna city.

Why it matters

Marking “crowning achievement for all the women of Libya” in her words, Intisar Shanib has become the president of Darnes Sports Club, a prominent football club in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, after all other candidates withdrew in her favour.

Common ground

Mohamed Abdel-Aty, the acting president of the club’s general assembly, told the Reuters news agency on Monday that three rival candidates allowed Shanib – the MP for the city of Derna and the chairperson of the women and child affairs committee in the House…

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Claudia Rizzo... heading Ternana Calcio in Serie C. She was appointed in September last year, making history at age 23 as the youngest and first female president in the club’s century-long history.”
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Claim 2: “Anisha Muhoozi has been the CEO of Kampala Capital City Authority club in Uganda since 2018”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the claim regarding Anisha Muhoozi.
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Claim 3: “The club witnessed various phases of naming and a merger with another club known as “Al-Afriqi” before regaining its historical name after 2011”
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Reports from Al Jazeera and other news outlets confirm the club's history of naming phases, the merger with 'Al-Afriqi', and regaining its name after 2011.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list deals with association football rivalries around Africa among clubs. This includes local derbies as well as matches between teams further afield. For rivalries between international teams an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_association_football_c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1987 Libyan Premier League was the 20th edition of the competition since its inception in 1963. The league consisted of 18 teams, who played each other just once. The first round of matches were p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Libyan_Premier_League
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web search NEUTRAL — Darnes Sports Club is a Libyan football club based in Derna, Libya.The Clubs Football Activities have been suspended until the 2024/25 season by the Libyan Football Federation due to Storm Daniel, the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darnes_SC
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Claim 4: “Hanan Al-Qurashi was the first woman in Saudi Arabia to become president of the Taif-based Wej sport club in June 2023”
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Multiple sources, including Arab News and Saudi Press, confirm Hanan Al-Qurashi became the first female president of Wej sport club in Taif in June 2023.
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web search NEUTRAL — Wej Sports Club is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al Hawiyah, Ta'if, that competes in the Saudi Second Division, third tier of the Saudi Arabian football league system, formed in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wej_SC
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web search NEUTRAL — JEDDAH: On June 8, Hanan Al-Qurashi became the first Saudi woman sports club president in the Kingdom’s history after she was appointed head of Taif-based Wej Club by the Ministry of Sport.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2367181/sport
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web search NEUTRAL — Hanan Al-Qurashi has been named the first Saudi woman to lead a sports club as the new president of Wej Club in Taif, after the dissolution of the club's board of directors.
https://saudipress.com/hanan-al-qurashi-makes-history-as-fir…
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Claim 5: “Derna... overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, about 300km (186 miles) east of Benghazi”
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Wikipedia and news reports confirm Derna is a coastal city on the Mediterranean. While one source says 300km and another says 250km east of Benghazi, the general location and approximate distance are verified.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Derna (; Arabic: درنة Darnah) is a port city in eastern Libya. With a population of around 90,000, Derna was once the seat of one of the wealthiest provinces among the Barbary States. The city is now …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derna,_Libya
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, Libya, on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel. The collapse of the Abu Mansour Dam and the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derna_dam_collapses
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of Benghazi occurred during the Italo-Turkish War when the Kingdom of Italy attacked and took possession of the major cities of the Ottoman Empire's North African Tripolitania province, now…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Benghazi_(1911)
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Claim 6: “Founded in 1958, Darnes Sports Club... was founded in the coastal city of Derna”
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Wikipedia and other sources explicitly state that Darnes SC was founded in 1958 in Derna, Libya.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ultras are a type of association football fans who are known for their fanatical support. The term originated in Italy, but is used worldwide to describe predominantly organised fans of association fo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Darnes Sports Club (Arabic: نادي دارنس) is a Libyan football club based in Derna, Libya. The team once reached second in the 1965–1966 Libyan Premier League season, by winning 2–1 in Derna, but lost t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darnes_SC
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web search NEUTRAL — is a Libyan football club based in Derna, Libya. The Elegant Founded 1958; 68 years ago (1958) [1] Ground Derna Stadium Derna, Libya Capacity 7,000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darnes_SC
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Claim 7: “Shanib has been appointed as the president of Darnes Sports Club, a prominent football club in Libya’s Derna city.”
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Multiple sources confirm her appointment as president of Darnes Sports Club in Derna.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shanib has been appointed as the president of Darnes Sports Club, a prominent football club in Libya's Derna city. Intisar Shanib, who is also Chairperson ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/women/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 · Shanib has been appointed as the president of Darnes Sports Club, a prominent football club in Libya's Derna city.
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/2/intisar-shanib-fir…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 20, 2026 · Intisar Shanib becomes first woman to head football club ... president of Darnes Sports Club, a prominent football club in Libya's Derna city.
https://www.newsinno.com/?search=Sports
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Claim 8: “Intisar Shanib becomes first woman to head football club in Libya”
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Multiple independent web sources, including Al Jazeera and news aggregators, report that Intisar Shanib became the first woman to head a football club in Libya.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 · Intisar Shanib becomes first woman to head football club in Libya. Shanib has been appointed as the president of Darnes Sports Club, a prominent ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/2/intisar-shanib-fir…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 · ... Intisar Shanib has become the president of Darnes Sports Club, a prominent football club in the Libyan city of Derna, after all other ...
https://x.com/AJE_Sport/status/2061866858395893779
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web search NEUTRAL — ... Libya presses on rebuilding flood-ravaged Derna but trauma persists. 100 ... Intisar Shanib becomes first woman to head football club in Libya. 100% Left ...
https://ground.news/interest/derna-district
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Claim 9: “In 2021, Kanizat Ibrahim from Comoros was elected to the executive committee of the African football’s governing body, CAF, and subsequently appointed CAF’s 5th vice president, becoming the first woman to hold this position.”
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Claim 10: “Leila Pereira has served as the president of the Brazilian Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras since 2021.”
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Claim 11: “She is currently a council member of football’s global governing body, FIFA.”
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Claim 12: “In Kenya, Doris Petra held the position of the deputy president of the Kenyan federation from 2021 until 2025, and was the first woman to do so.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the claim regarding Doris Petra.
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Claim 13: “three rival candidates allowed Shanib – the MP for the city of Derna and the chairperson of the women and child affairs committee in the House of Representatives – to be installed unopposed”
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Web search results confirm Intisar Shanib is the Chairperson of the Women and Child Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives. While the 'unopposed' part of the claim is mentioned in the context of the club presidency, her official role in the House is verified by multiple sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — [File: Libyan House of Representatives]. Intisar Shanib, who is also Chairperson of the Women and Child Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, in a meeting with the Sudanese Consul in the …
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/2/intisar-shanib-fir…
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web search NEUTRAL — The meeting saw participation from Intisar Shanib, Chair of the Women and Children’s Committee in the House of Representatives; Intisar Aboud, Minister of State for Women’s Affairs; Fathi Al-Tibawi, M…
https://libyareview.com/44595/libyan-pm-pushes-for-womens-em…
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web search NEUTRAL — ...Intisar Shanib, the Minister of State for Women's Affairs, Intisar Abboud, the Minister of State for Illegal Immigration Fathi Al-Tabawi, representatives of international organizations, and members…
https://lana.gov.ly/post.php?lang=en&id=308208
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Claim 14: “Storm Daniel, which struck the city in September 2023, killing of thousands and causing widespread infrastructure destruction.”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm Storm Daniel struck Derna in September 2023, causing thousands of deaths and massive infrastructure failure (dam collapses).
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web search NEUTRAL — Libya was hit the hardest, with torrential rains causing two dams near the city of Derna to fail. This resulted in over 5,900 deaths and 7,000 injuries, with at ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Daniel
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... Libya flooding of 2023, catastrophic flooding that struck eastern Libya on September 10 and 11, 2023. More than 4000 people were killed and ...
https://www.britannica.com/event/Libya-flooding-of-2023
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web search NEUTRAL — Mediterranean Storm Daniel passed through eastern Libya over the weekend of Sept. 9, 2023, bringing heavy rainfall and flooding that resulted in large-scale ...
https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disasters/2023-libya-floods…
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