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Somali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to U.S. Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome

✇NYT - Top Stories
By: Hussein Mohamed
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who is widely admired in his home country, would have been the first Somali to referee a World Cup game.

© Feisal Omar/Reuters

Omar Abdulkadir Artan, a soccer referee who had planned to officiate at the World Cup, arriving back in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday.
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