The “Football for Hope” program is an initiative which uses the universal language of sports to give Spanish society a closer look at the reality of the Arab world. Under the umbrella of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the first to be held in an Arab nation, the program’s activities include the following:

- “Football for Hope” exhibition. A photography project by Ofelia de Pablo and Javier Zurita for Casa Árabe that deals with the transformational power of football among disadvantaged groups and in the fight for gender equality. You can see it at the headquarters in Madrid (as of October 6 and until February 5, 2023), and in Cordoba (as of October 14 and until January 20, 2023.

- Cinema series: “Women on the Pitch.” Screenings of three documentaries by teams from Libya, Jordan and Morocco, in order to show the reality of women’s soccer in Arab countries as an event that goes beyond mere athletics, becoming a tool for empowerment and social change. At Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Madrid and Cordoba, as of October 7, each Friday.

- Presentation and discussion with “Los Cervantinos.”
Tuesday, October 11 at the Cervantes Institute in Madrid. A gathering at which writers and journalists who form part of the team known as “Los Cervantinos” will be reading an excerpt from a work that discusses football and encourages football fans to read. Presented by: Luis García Montero, Director of the Cervantes Institute. The participants who will be performing the readings are Miguel Aguilar, an editor; Nuria Labari, a writer and journalist; Enrique Ballester, a writer and journalist; Emilio Sánchez Mediavilla, an editor and writer; Alex Prada, writer.

- Meeting: “Football is a girl’s Game” In Madrid on Thursday, October 13.
A round table discussion among women football players, in which their careers, the progress and challenges of women’s soccer and success stories will be discussed. With the participation of: Nouf Faleh Al Anzi, from the team C.D. Leganés, Yasmin Mrabet, from the club F.C.Levante Las Planas, and Honey Taljieh, former captain of the Palestinian national team and now responsible for Corporate Communications at FIFA.

- Presentation of the book “Qatar, Pearl of the Gulf”. In Madrid on Tuesday, October 18.