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In pictures: Kuwait’s first women’s ice hockey team

Kuwait ‘ice ladies’ will play their first international game on October 30 at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Bangkok.

Members of the Kuwaiti women's ice hockey team during the exercise at the ski lounge in Kuwait City. Fifty-six Kuwaiti women between the ages of 15 and 30 are now the proud owners of team jerseys emblazened with their names on the back -- some of them mothers who frequently bring their children to training.

Members of Kuwait’s women’s ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ski lounge in Kuwait City on September 29, 2017. Fifty-six Kuwaiti women between the ages of 15 and 30 are now the proud owners of team jerseys emblazened with their names on the back — some of them mothers who frequently bring their children to training.

Widad (L) and Maryam, goalkeepers of Kuwait’s women’s ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ski lounge in Kuwait City on September 29, 2017. Fifty-six Kuwaiti women between the ages of 15 and 30 are now the proud owners of team jerseys emblazened with their names on the back — some of them mothers who frequently bring their children to training.

Members of Kuwait’s women’s ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ski lounge in Kuwait City on September 29, 2017. Fifty-six Kuwaiti women between the ages of 15 and 30 are now the proud owners of team jerseys emblazened with their names on the back — some of them mothers who frequently bring their children to training.

Members of Kuwait’s women’s ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ski lounge in Kuwait City on September 29, 2017. Fifty-six Kuwaiti women between the ages of 15 and 30 are now the proud owners of team jerseys emblazened with their names on the back — some of them mothers who frequently bring their children to training.

Members of Kuwait’s women’s ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ski lounge in Kuwait City on September 29, 2017. Fifty-six Kuwaiti women between the ages of 15 and 30 are now the proud owners of team jerseys emblazened with their names on the back — some of them mothers who frequently bring their children to training.

Members of Kuwait’s women’s ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ski lounge in Kuwait City on September 29, 2017. Fifty-six Kuwaiti women between the ages of 15 and 30 are now the proud owners of team jerseys emblazened with their names on the back — some of them mothers who frequently bring their children to training.

Members of Kuwait’s women’s ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ski lounge in Kuwait City on September 29, 2017. Fifty-six Kuwaiti women between the ages of 15 and 30 are now the proud owners of team jerseys emblazened with their names on the back — some of them mothers who frequently bring their children to training.

Members of Kuwait’s women’s ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ski lounge in Kuwait City on September 29, 2017. Fifty-six Kuwaiti women between the ages of 15 and 30 are now the proud owners of team jerseys emblazened with their names on the back — some of them mothers who frequently bring their children to training.

Members of Kuwait’s women’s ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ski lounge in Kuwait City on September 29, 2017. Fifty-six Kuwaiti women between the ages of 15 and 30 are now the proud owners of team jerseys emblazened with their names on the back — some of them mothers who frequently bring their children to training.

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