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Forced to leave Kuwait as a small child due to the Gulf War, Omar Jarun immigrated to America with dreams of becoming a soccer player. Now, Jarun is set to play for Palestine in the Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup – the first final in the team’s sixteen year history.