Thread by @monaeltahawy

Just finished watching Asif Kapadia’s documentary Diego Maradona, finally. And I can’t help wondering about what was left out of it. I want to write something about Maradona for FEMINIST GIANT. And what is left out when we talk about “giants” is a start

My team, since 1976 when I was nine, is Manchester United. Napoli is my second team and the city of Naples is my favourite place in Italy because it reminds me of Cairo and I feel at home there.I grew up watching football every week with my dad and brother when we lived in the UK

And when we moved to Saudi Arabia in 1982, we would watch Serie A every week. Maradona joined Napoli in 1984, so his years there were a fixture in our football viewing.

And as I think about what I will write, this documentary has given me a lot to wrestle with.

I have deliberately not read any of the obituaries or eulogies for Maradona because I’ve wanted to circumvent the usual football analyses.

I have long wanted to write more about football. With FEMINIST GIANT, I can now.

Until the essay on Maradona, here’s the last thing I wrote on football google.com/amp/s/www.nyti…