Name: The Referee
Duration: 189
Description: Meet Jawahir Roble–also known as Jawahir Jewels, or JJ. Learn how she became the only FA-qualified ethnic Muslim official currently working in the sport, and how she patrols the pitches on the infamous Hackney Marshes in East London.

Meet Jawahir Roble–also known as Jawahir Jewels, or JJ. Learn how she became the only FA-qualified ethnic Muslim official currently working in the sport, and how she patrols the pitches on the infamous Hackney Marshes in East London.

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