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Green with brushstroke white hoops, no manufacturer's logo but loaded with identity: the Palestinian flag at the centre, the football federation's crest with its olive tree, and the club emblem with a ball between laurel branches. Across the chest, Ooredoo, the Qatari operator that gave its name to the league itself, the Dawri Ooredoo.

This is the shirt of Islami Qalqilya's return to the West Bank Premier League after promotion from the First League. The club secured survival that season, in a championship won by Shabab Al-Khalil, playing for a city encircled by the barrier.

Here at Hoopster, few hoops carry this much weight: a football shirt that is also a document.