Luma Mufleh

"It was a wrong turn that changed everything. When Luma Mufleh-- a Muslim, gay, refugee woman from hyper-conservative Jordan-- stumbled upon a pick-up game of soccer in Clarkston, Georgia, something compelled her to join. The players, 11- and 12-year-olds from Liberia, Afghanistan, and Sudan, soon welcomed her as coach of their ragtag but fiercely competitive group. Drawn into their lives, Mufleh learned that few of her players, all local public school...