By: Salma Heram / Arab America Contributing Writer Meet Ben Hamd, the Lebanese American businessman who started and owns the Wichita Sky Kings professional basketball team. Based in Wichita, Kansas, the team is set to play its first season in The Basketball League (TBL) in March of this year. Born and raised in Lebanon to … Continued
By: Arab America Contributing Writer / Carrie Stewart Jamand Fiin is a basketball player at Emmanuel College in Boston with a huge social media following (over a million on Instagram) and she is using her platform for good! She posts pictures and videos of herself playing basketball in a hijab in observance of her Muslim … Continued
By: Carrie Stewart / Arab America Content Contributor In the past, there have not been many Arab Americans in professional sports. However, one of the most popular is Alaa Abdelnaby, an Egyptian NBA player. After his college career at Duke, he played for Portland as well as the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, and Sacramento Kings. He is … Continued
By: Christian Jimenez/ Arab America Contributing Writer The NBA is full of many international players from around the world with some famous examples being Manu Ginobili from Argentina and Giannis Antetokounmpo from Greece. The success of these players shows that the international community has made great strides in playing basketball. However, did you know that … Continued
A Georgia-born former college basketball player has become an Iraqi citizen so he can play for the country’s national team. DeMario Mayfield moved to Baghdad seeking redemption two years ago after his hoop dreams were left in tatters by a run-in with the law. DeMario Mayfield plays for the Iraqi national team in an exhibition … Continued
SOURCE: THE EMBASSY OF JORDAN AMMAN — Female coaches of the Reclaim Childhood organisation from east Amman and Zarqa on Thursday got together with former WNBA/NBA players for a coaching-for-coaches clinic where they learned drills from professionals with the aim of transferring them to the young girls in their communities. Organised by the US embassy on … Continued
By David Demaria/Contributing Writer Picture this: Over five thousand Egyptian basketball fans saluting the Canadian flag, as “Oh, Canada” blares over the sound system, a team of young Canadian basketball players standing on the medal podium, having just won the World Cup for under 19-year-olds. It’s not an easy image to conjure, but it was … Continued
BY: David Demaria/Contributing Writer When co-founder of Jeddah United Sports Company (JUSC), Lina Almaeena, was first putting together her fledgling company in 2006, she had many naysayers. “All the lawyers and people around me were telling me there was no such thing as sports for women in Saudi, and there was no way we could … Continued
BY: David DeMaria/Contributing Writer With March Madness right around the corner, four North African basketball players, are not only looking to finish their respective college seasons successfully, but stand out as potential targets for the NBA draft, either this year or in the future. The most frequently mentioned of the four by NBA scouts is … Continued
BY: David DeMaria/Contributing Writer The West Asian Basketball (WABA) Championships concluded on Thursday in Amman, Jordan. The final day of the round-robin competition determined the four teams that would qualify for the 2017 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup, which will be held in August of this year in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon having already qualified … Continued
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