{"id":90437,"date":"2026-06-09T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=90437"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:22:08","slug":"world-cup-ref-from-somalia-who-was-denied-entry-to-the-us-was-about-to-make-history-for-his-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/09\/world-cup-ref-from-somalia-who-was-denied-entry-to-the-us-was-about-to-make-history-for-his-country\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup ref from Somalia who was denied entry to the US was about to make history for his country"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA25aK8Y.img?w=800&h=435&q=60&m=2&f=jpg\" alt=\"WCup-Ref Denied Entry Soccer:\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA25byg9.img?w=800&h=435&q=60&m=2&f=jpg\" alt=\"WCup Venues Stadium Kansas City Soccer:\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States after arriving in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/miami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Miami<\/a> and subsequently dropped from the tournament by FIFA was set to make history for his country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/world-cup-ref-from-somalia-who-was-denied-entry-to-the-us-was-about-to-make-history-for-his-country\/ar-AA25bcbn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a281e8908b74803bae9f7d19ef91a40&ei=15\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 The World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States after arriving in\u00a0Miami and subsequently dropped from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Omar-Artan.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90439,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90437\/revisions\/90439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}