Celine Haidar stands in front of her family home in Chiyah, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, on Nov. 11, 2025, nearly a year after she suffered a serious head injury caused by an Israeli strike. (Photo credit: Aly Baalbaky/L'Orient Today)
In the middle of the alley where she first learned to dribble, Celine Haidar now has to try two or more times before she manages to string together a few juggles. This technical move, so natural when she was still playing for the national team just a year ago, now costs her great effort.Despite her weakened ball control, she doesn't hesitate to improvise passing drills and a penalty shootout with two middle school students passing by her house. The facade of her home displays a large banner showing her beaming in her club jersey, Beirut Football Academy (BFA), labeled: "Celine, our Lebanese icon." Take a look back at what happened Lebanese footballer Céline Haydar in critical condition following Israeli strike on Chiyah "My first goal was to become independent again in daily life. When I woke up, I couldn't...
In the middle of the alley where she first learned to dribble, Celine Haidar now has to try two or more times before she manages to string together a few juggles. This technical move, so natural when she was still playing for the national team just a year ago, now costs her great effort.Despite her weakened ball control, she doesn't hesitate to improvise passing drills and a penalty shootout with two middle school students passing by her house. The facade of her home displays a large banner showing her beaming in her club jersey, Beirut Football Academy (BFA), labeled: "Celine, our Lebanese icon." Take a look back at what happened Lebanese footballer Céline Haydar in critical condition following Israeli strike on Chiyah "My first goal was to become independent again in daily life. When I woke up, I couldn't...
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