Bouchra Karboubi. Professional Football Referee.
Historical moment for Women’s Football in Morocco. Bouchra Karboubi lead as the Central Referee in a ‘ Botola Pro 1’ a Top-tier Professional League game in Morocco.
-2018 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) selected Bouchra Karboubi among the ‘Elite A’ or First Class Category Referees
-2016 -Appointed as International Referee
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MOROCCO
Ahmad Abughaush. Taekwondo Athlete.
Jordan’s first-ever athlete to win the country’s first Olympic medal – a Gold medal. Ahmad Abughaush defeated 3-London Olympic 2012 Olympic medallists to win the gold at the Rio Olympics, Rio de Janeiro 2016.
First Taekwando athlete in the Arab world to win Gold in Taekwando.
Awards:
-2019 -World Championships, Manchester – Silver
– 2018 – Asian Games, Jakarta – Bronze
– 2017 -Universiade, Taipei – Bronze // Grand Prix, London – Gold // Grand Prix, Moscow – Bronze // World Championships, Muji – Bronze
– 2016 – Olympics, Rio de Janeiro – Gold
– 2012 – Best Jordanian Athlete Award – by Jordan Olympic Committee – Gold
– 2010 – Taekwondo World Championship for Juniors , Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt – Gold
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JORDAN / PALESTINE
Fahad Badar. Business Leader. Adventurer. High Altitude Climber. Mountaineer.
Business Leader : Executive General Manager, Chief – International Banking – Commercial Bank of Qatar-
Some Records:
Education:
-MBA : Durham University, U.K.
www.fahadbadar.com
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QATAR
Hadi Souan (aka) Hadi Soua’an Al-Somaily wins a Silver medal in 400m hurdles and brings Saudi Arabia’s First Olympic Medal Victory – 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia.
He has won over 40 medals. Some of them are:
Records:
Positions / Honours:
-Board member – Saudi Arabian Athletic Federation (SAAF) / -Board Member – Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) Assembly / -Member, Olympic Council of Asian Athletic Commission / -Member – Saudi Sports Arbitration Centre / – Member -International Relations Committee, Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee (SAOC) etc.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Dubai’s Al-Nasr Club has signed Diaa Sabia an Israeli-Arab attacking midfielder on as 2-year contract.
Sabia who is of Palestinian origin was born in northern Israel and moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2012.
He played for the Maccabi Netanya Club for 4 years and has 10 caps in the Israeli National Team.
Sabia was subsequently sold to China’s Guangzhou R&F club and now has moved to Dubai’s Al-Nasr Club.
Al-Nasr’s move came 2 weeks after the UAE normalised ties with Israel.
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Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E) / PALESTINE / ISRAEL
Rahaf Khatib – Marathoner. Stay-at-home mom.
11 x marathon / 2 x half marathon runner / 2 x sprint triathlete.
Prominently featured on the front cover of a fitness, nutrition and lifestyle magazine in the U.S. – ‘ Women’s Running ‘ Magazine – October 2016 issue.
First Syrian to complete the Abbott World Marathon Majors
Co-creator : the Adidas Hijab
Founder: www.runlikeahijabi.com
Instagram @runlikeahijabi / Blog: runlikeahijabi.wordpress.com
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AMERICAN / SYRIAN-AMERICAN/ ARAB AMERICAN
Abderrazak Hamdallah won the ‘Top Scorer of the SPL League’ for 2019-20, making it to the Top for the second consecutive year.
The second position went to Al-Hilal striker Bafetimi Gomis (27 goals) and the third position went to Al-Ahli player Omar Al-Somah (19 goals).
Other Titles:
-2nd Top Scorer title – Moroccan Football League (2011) /-Top Scorer Title – Moroccan Football League (2012). Despite playing for half a season /-Best Player Title – Norway (2013-2014) / – Top Scorer Title – Qatar League playing for Qatar Club, El-Jaish (2016)
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MOROCCO
Abdi Jama (aka) Abdillah Jama is Basketball player playing for Britain and Clubs.
Currently plays and trains for ‘Wolverhampton Rhinos’, West Midlands.
Records:
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UNITED KINGDOM (U.K) / SOMALIA / SOMALI-BRITISH
Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club (Al-Hilal SFC) won the ‘Saudi Professional League’ for a record 16th time.
The 16th time was by crushing Al -Hazem 4-1 at the King Saud University Stadium. This latest title win clocks up to the 60th trophy win in Al-Hilal’s history.
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Saudi Arabia
Heaviest aircraft pulled over 100 m by a team (female).
A team of 77 female officers of Dubai police established a world record by pulling a Boeing 777-300ER weighing 168.801 tonnes (168,801 kg/372,142 lb) over 100 meters distance.
Dubai Police entered the Guinness Book of World Records thanks to the feat of 77 of its officers, exclusively females, who dragged an Emirates plane .
A feat for a great cause
The aircraft, a Boeing 777 of 74 meter-long and 240 tons, was pulled with one rope attached to its undercarriage. The exploit was part of Dubai Fitness Challenge, a wonder event that aims to encourage residents to exercise more.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates