Nadia Nadim has an unlikely story. She grew up in Afghanistan, where the Taliban took control in 1996 and banned women from working, leaving their house without male supervision and playing sports. She is now a professional footballer who represents Denmark and earns her living at Sky Blue FC in the National Women’s Soccer League. Leander Schaerlaeckens tells her story in Vice Sports.
Ignacio Chavarria is probably the first Ecuador-based investment and project analyst to feature on these pages but his very particular set of skills make him an intriguing writer.