The end of the “dream of my life”: excluded from the World Cup, Somali referee Omar Artan comes out of silence
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Rejected on Saturday upon his arrival in the United States and then released by Fifa, Somali referee Omar Artan spoke for the first time on his Facebook account and in the New York Times expressing his disappointment.
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