It will be an historic moment: the first time this important multi-sport festival has been held in a Gulf country. We also anticipate that Doha will set a new attendance record for the Arab Games. Hosting these Games will enable Qatar to further develop its strong sports and cultural heritage, building on the legacy of the Asian Games and also helping us, as a nation, towards hosting.
The Qatar Museums Authority, with its responsibility to collect, restore, exhibit and educate, also recognizes its role in preserving the sports history and heritage of the Arab world.
The Arab Games Exhibition has been extensively researched using local and international archives. It is an important and unprecedented showcase for an event whose significance stretches far beyond the field of play.
Qatar is proud to host the Arab Games for the first time. The first edition of the Games took place in Today, they are internationally recognized as a sporting mega-event.
Throughout their history, the Arab Games have played an important role in shaping sport in the region, contributing towards infrastructure construction and the organization of sports in Arab countries as well as towards the development of sports for women and disabled athletes. The event is founded. In this way, the Arab Games have helped to break stereotypes about the Arab people.
Through the Games, it is possible to reflect on the political challenges of the region, indicating that sport can never be seen as an isolated phenomenon of society. This exhibition aims to present the history of the Arab Games, their creation and development from the birth of the idea in until the present day.
The exhibition is divided into the five following sections that illustrate different stages of development:. This status of independence revealed a yearning for a sovereign identity among the Arab countries. The idea of unification or a panArab union was growing among Arab leaders. They were afraid of becoming European colonies again or being dominated by a neighbour state. Ideas for Arab unification were put on the table. On the one hand was the notion of no-boundaries between Arab countries, which was based on the shared culture and history of the Arabs and a rejection of boundaries created by the Europeans.
On the other hand was the preservation of state sovereignty among Arab countries themselves. In a period of changes in the Arab world, contemporary technological developments facilitated the dissemination of ideas and the organization of Arab unity. New and faster means of transportation and communication were bringing the Arab world closer together. The printing press of Cairo and Beirut were fostering common ways of thinking and writing.
The Arab radio and film industries were not only means of communication but also strong disseminators of ideas and knowledge. The telephone, telegraph and airplane made all the important cities of the Arab world accessible. Arabs were hungry for exchange and used these new possibilities. This statement was the cornerstone for creating the Arab Games movement. While political and economic issues characterized the League, a cultural treaty was also developed to promote cultural exchange among the youth in the Arab world.
In consequence, the idea to promote and realize such an exchange through sports gained support, especially in the voice of Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam — , the first General Secretary of the Arab League. In Azzam sent a letter to the Arab League and called for the establishment of a sports competition with the participation of all Arab countries. In his words:. Besides the birth of the Arab Games, other regional games around the globe were being established.
Nevertheless, the IOC did not recognize all regional games, and the Arab Games were among those it declined to endorse at this time.
Mostly, the IOC was keen to avoid being caught up in any political issues which might compromise its policy of being politically neutral. In this way, the IOC was able to protect the integrity of the principles and values of the Olympic Movement. However, World War II interfered with those plans. The colourful concentric circles in the PASO emblem have a symbolic meaning; the colours appear at least once in every national flag of the Americas.
The similarity to the idea of the Olympic Flag, which also represents the different countries, is noteworthy. It decided to hold the Asian Games every four years, in the even years between the Olympic Games, starting in From a present day perspective, one curious event can be found in the compulsory program of the Games: the fine arts competition.
The Council was officially established on November 16, in New Delhi. The Mediterranean Games take place every four years, in the year following the Olympic Games. Several hosts of the Arab Games had previously organized the Mediterranean Games and were therefore able to use the same facilities for both events. This was the case with the first Mediterranean Games in Alexandria , and the edition in Casablanca, Morocco Other Arab cities that have organized the Mediterranean Games include Tunis, Tunisia in where women athletes first participated; Algiers, Algeria in ; Latakia, Syria in and again Tunis, Tunisia in In the first Olympics of modern times took place in Athens, Greece.
However, it is remarkable that the first Olympic Flag bearing the now iconic Olympic Rings was used in a regional competition that was not an Olympic one; in fact, the flag was first hoisted on April 5, at the first Pan-Egyptian Games in Alexandria. Angelo Bolanaki had received the flag and the permission to use it from de Coubertin.
Egypt organized these Games to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the formation of the International Olympic Committee. A politician by nature, Azzam played an important role in the Arab nationalist movement, first as a member of the Egyptian Wafd party and then as an independent candidate, before he finally became the first Secretary General of the Arab League in Angelo Bolanaki, from Alexandria, can be considered the father of Egyptian sport.
In , he established the Mixed Federation for Sports Clubs intending to organize and regulate sports competitions in the country. It was the first attempt to organize sport in Egypt. Azzam is considered one of the first Egyptians to promote Arab nationalism. Coming from a peasant family, he continually argued that Egyptians are related to other Arabs by more than just blood ties. His idea of an Arab identity was founded on geopolitical, economic and cultural aspects. Based on that, he was one of the first to promote the idea of cultural interchange between Arab countries.
In consequence, on March 27, , he proposed to hold sports competitions among the Arabs nations. In his memorandum, he stressed the role of sport as the most important way to connect the Arab youth to create future Arab nations. He identified sports as a means to enhance the health, virtues and social ties among the Arab youth.
The Arab Games were seen as a way for the Arab League to achieve its goals. Azzam held his position as Secretary General of the Arab League until He died in However, his ideals still remained in the hearts of the Arab people, especially through the many books he wrote.
His memorandum from has been considered the cornerstone of the Arab Games. He was a well-connected sportsman. In he had met Pierre de Coubertin in Paris and they became good friends.
Thanks to his efforts, the stadium in Alexandria was planned and constructed and, in , the first Olympic Flag was hoisted to mark the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the formation of the IOC. Nonetheless, he wanted more. He tried to organize the first African Games in Alexandria in , but the Games failed to take place due to political factors. Bolanaki saw his dreams come partially true when Alexandria hosted the first Mediterranean Games in and two years later the first Arab Games.
He remained a member of the IOC until his death in This was no coincidence. I hope they consider this land as their home. The family ideal represented a common basic societal structure in the Arab world: the family shares the same past, it fosters the same culture, language and religion, and it fights for the same cause. In fact, politics was their flagship interest.
The Arab League headquarters in Cairo. Coming from a poor fellah family, Nasser enjoyed strong support among the poorer, lower class Egyptians.
Simultaneously he unified the Arab leaders towards a common cause: the Palestinian cause. In the field of sports, this found its expression in the Arab Games, in which Palestine won 23 medals from to More important than the number or kind of medals Palestine won, was the inclusion of Palestine in the Arab world ideal. They made extraordinary efforts to get IOC recognition or at least the approval of the International Sports Federations for their respective Games.
This was seen. In Beirut , 10 delegates from different international sports federations attended the Games to arbitrate the sports. Nevertheless, the delegates had to allow some exceptions for many participating countries because they did not fulfil this requirement. Many of them did not even have a national sports body and it was the first time they understood the importance of one.
The peak of the Egyptian ideal of Arab unity came to reality in But the culmination came four years later, at the Games in Cairo, This fourth edition of the Games took place in the UAR.
It is a visual language that is easily recognizable by anyone. Sports symbols were already in use in at the Olympic Games. At the Tokyo Games, the first pictograms were used, inspiring Cairo, organizers of the Arab Games in Thirteen pictograms were printed in the final report of the Games.
The publication from September 11, did not only document the results of the Arab Games of , but also the results from all previous editions. Also the Municipality of Alexandria agreed to grant LE to study the construction of the stadium. All in all, around LE were collected to fund the stadium. Construction started in and in the stadium was ready for the planned African Games. However, the Games did not take place because most of the participating countries were under the rule of European countries which did not support the Games.
Thirty years after breaking ground, the stadium was renovated and became the location of the first Mediterranean Games. Two years later, it was the home of the first Arab Games. With a capacity for 20, spectators and a colossal illumination system of lux, the main open area of the stadium was the stage of the opening and closing ceremonies, the athletics competitions, the football matches, and the gymnastics displays.
The weightlifting contests took place at the annexed small hall. Many countries that had Islamic or Muslim traditions, such as Indonesia, were specially invited for the Games held on Egyptian soil. Indonesia participated in the Arab Games of and In , three Indonesian athletes competed in athletics, fencing and shooting, one in each sport.
In the end they left with a surprising two medals in their hands. The Indonesian heroes were called Superman, the fencer, who won the silver medal in the sabre competition; and Sodarmojo, who received the silver medal after clearing 1. The Sport City included a swimming stadium with diving pool, a covered sports arena with 6, seats for indoor and combat sports, a tennis stadium that could also be used for basketball and volleyball, stands for shooting competitions and an equestrian stadium.
Furthermore, the outdoor stadium offered space for 60, spectators and included a cycling track, running track, jumping and throwing areas and a football pitch.
It was the venue for the Opening Ceremony of the Arab Games. Colourful dancing, marching and sports displays constituted the artistic part of the ceremony after the Lebanese President officially opened the Arab Games.
There was a curious moment when the doves were released as part of the ceremony: most of them preferred to land on the fresh grass of the stadium, some of which were snatched up by young boys, probably for supper! As the national champion in gymnastics and athletics high-jump and pole-vault , he was considered a sportsman.
He was also considered a sports leader because he established the Egyptian Gymnastics Federation in , restructured the Egyptian Swimming Federation in , was president of the Egyptian Volleyball Federation in , and, in the same year, was elected Secretary General of the Egyptian National Olympic Committee.
Besides these important services to Egyptian sport, Touny played an important role in the establishment of various regional games: he was the director of the first Mediterranean Games in and president of the Executive Board of the Arab Games in Thanks to his initiative, the idea of the Arab Games was revived in the early s.
He convinced the authorities to organize the first Arab Games in In , Touny established an Olympic Museum in Cairo. In the same year he was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee, a position he held until Before he passed away in he was awarded the distinguished Olympic Order. Egypt was the first Arab country to participate in the Olympic Games. At that time, the Egyptian Olympic tradition was rooted in combat sports. Ali Mahmoud Hassan wrestling, Egypt comes from that tradition.
He won the gold medal in the wrestling competition Greco-Roman style, bantamweight 57kg in the first Arab Games in Before the Arab Games, he participated successfully in the Olympic Games in London , where he won a silver medal. In the s the record was reaching under ten seconds for the first time. In Casablanca in , he won the and metres competitions. First World Cup qualifier November 12th, First World Cup game June 20th, World Cup Group F. Highest Elo rating points.
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