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Shumen

Or Shou·men

[shoo-men]

noun

  1. a city in NE Bulgaria.



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A hospital official in the northeastern town of Shumen confirmed Damyanov’s death and said the cause would only be known after an autopsy.

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Shumen has a centuries-old Muslim community and Muslims make up about 12 percent of Bulgaria's population of 7.2 million, but in September the government banned wearing face veils in public.

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Maedeh Borhani, 28, and team captain Zeinab Giveh, 34, arrived in the northeastern town of Shumen amid a rising tide of nationalism, sparked by huge migrant inflows to Europe over the past two years, with Bulgaria being a popular transit routes.

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Borhani also said that the move to Shumen could also perhaps open a new frontier for Iranian women athletes to move abroad.

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Iran's first two women volleyball players to compete outside the Islamic Republic joined Bulgarian club Shumen this month, a move which has taken years of negotiation with Iranian authorities and which could help break down some gender barriers at home.

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