By: Dani Meyer/Arab America Contributing Writer Women in the Arab world have begun making their names in sports. While women were not always commonplace in sports in the Arab world, there has recently been a rise in Arab women participating in sports. A far cry from the landscape back in 1991, when Algerian track star … Continued
By: Hunter Vaughan/Arab America Contributing Writer What does it take to build up community? How does one break down barriers that separate us from one another? Kemp Gouldin and his organization Because Baseball seem to have figured out the secret formula, and spoiler alert, it’s not as complex as one might think. Because Baseball brings … Continued
By: Noah Robertson/Arab America Contributing Writer There are nearly four million Arab Americans living in the U.S. and while many are successful and make major contributions to society, they still suffer discrimination and are often derided as un-American. A sport considered very “American” is football and while there are not a large number of Arab … Continued
SOURCE: SAUDI GAZETTE SAUDI ARABIA is participating in five events with five clubs, namely United Basketball, the Green Jeddah Table Tennis, Saudi Arabia Fencing Federation Academy, Prince Nora University’s Athletics Club and one other, yet to be named, which will take part in the karate competition. Sixty-nine clubs from 17 Arab countries have so far … Continued
SOURCE: GULF NEWS Sharjah: Saudi Arabia for the first time will compete in the fourth edition of the Arab Women Sports Tournament (AWST), organised by Sharjah Women’s Sports Foundation (SWSF) from February 2-12. Saudi women’s clubs will compete in nine disciplines — fencing, basketball, show jumping, table tennis, karate, archery, volleyball, athletics and shooting — … Continued
SOURCE: ESPN BY: AISHWARYA KUMAR It was one of the biggest days of Shadia Bseiso’s professional journey. She was standing in front of talent development heads and coaches. It was Day 1 of the WWE tryouts at the Dubai Opera. The 31-year-old was among 40 athletes from the Middle East and India trying out to … Continued
By: Michaela Schrum/Arab America Contributing Writer Sir Robin Knox- Johnston from the UK was the first man recorded to have sailed around the world in 1968 and since then, the Golden Globes have been a rallying point for sailing enthusiasts around the world. But on July 1st, 2018, Nabil Amra, a foreign exchange trader at … Continued
SOURCE: KGMI BY: NOAH BROWNING DUBAI (Reuters) – World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. signed its first female performer from the Arab world on Sunday, smashing cultural taboos as the U.S.-based pageant seeks to piledrive its way into lucrative foreign markets. Shadia Bseiso, a Jordanian versed in jiu-jitsu, dreams of encouraging more Arab women to take up … Continued
By: Michaela Schrum/ Arab America Contributing Writer Sir Robin Knox- Johnston from the UK was the first man recorded to have sailed around the world in 1968 and since then, the Golden Globes have been a rallying point for sailing enthusiasts around the world. But on July 1st, 2018, Nabil Amra, a foreign exchange trader … Continued
SOURCE: FORBES BY DOMINIC DUDLEY One of the world’s most prestigious bike races, the Giro d’Italia, will visit Israel as part of its schedule next year, throwing up a potentially thorny problem for two of the teams that will be expected to take part and which are sponsored by the Bahrain and UAE governments. At … Continued
SOURCE: SPORT 360 BY BRENDON NETTO Sport360’s Brendon Netto analyses the performance of Real Madrid’s first Arab footballer, 18-year-old Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, as he featured in Real Madrid’s 2-0 win over Espanyol in La Liga on Sunday. Every weekend we pick out one under-23 player from around Europe and analyse their performance to provide you … Continued
SOURCE: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BY ERICK BRANCH Before he was the 49ers’ defensive coordinator, Robert Saleh was a credit analyst at Comerica Bank’s world headquarters in Detroit. Then 23 years old, Saleh was poised to follow in the lucrative footsteps of his older brother, a financial adviser, and his father, a business owner. He was … Continued
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