'My Dream Is for Us to Be Free,' Says Palestine's Sole World Athletics Championship Competitor

'My dream is for us to be free,' says Palestine's sole World Athletics Championship competitor

Mohammed Dwedar trained in the streets of the Jericho in the West Bank in preparation for the competition in Toyko

Palestine's sole athlete chokes up during interview at World Championships

While all eyes in the athletics world are set on Tokyo for the World Championships, it’s easy to forget what’s going on in the world and in particualr Palestine. When you see stories like that of 800m runner Mohammed Dwedar, it brings everything into perspective that what’s going on in Gaza is affecting everyday people that are victims in what now the United Nations have deemed a genoicide at the hands of Israel. Dwedar is in Tokyo as Palestine’…