Hinduism has been found in the Middle East since the early 16th century. Millions of members of the Indian diaspora, of different religions, reside and work in Arab states of the Persian Gulf; many of them are Hindu. Many came due to the migration of Indians and Nepalese expatriates and employees to the area around the Persian Gulf.
The United Arab Emirates Football Association is the governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal in the United Arab Emirates.
The International Boxing Association (IBA), previously known as the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), is an international sports organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships. IBA consists of five continental confederations: AFBC, AMBC, ASBC, EUBC, and OCBC. The association includes officially 203 national boxing federations, a number actually debatable since the creation of his rival organisation World Boxing.
The United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team represents United Arab Emirates in beach soccer. They are one of the most successful Asian national teams, having won twice the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup. At the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, however, they have never got past the group stage Until 2024. The UAE team has participated in every edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, which was founded after the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was hosted in the United Arab Emirates and which is played only in the UAE,They will host it once again as for the second time in 2023.
The Lebanon women's national football team is the official women's national football team of the country of Lebanon. The team was established in 2005, and is controlled by the Lebanon Football Association (LFA), the governing body for football in Lebanon. Whilst the team has yet to qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup or the AFC Women's Asian Cup, they have finished runners-up at the 2022 edition of the WAFF Women's Championship, and in third place at the 2007 and 2019 editions.
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction Nadwa is an annual writers' workshop for young writers from the Arab world. Held under the aegis of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, the nadwa is the first such workshop for Arab writers and has been an annual event since 2009.
The Arab Athletics Federation is an international governing body for the sport of athletics.
The Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) is the Asian not-for-profit governing body with 42 member countries in amateur boxing. Its member of of the world amateur boxing governing body IBA.
Bassam Hisham Ali Al-Rawi is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Al-Rayyan on loan from Al-Duhail and the Qatar national football team. Born in Iraq, he represents the Qatar national team.
Bobo-Usmon Baturov is a Uzbekistnai amteur boxer is who performs in the welterweight and first middleweight categories. Bronze medalist of the World Championship (2019), champion of the Asian Games (2018), two-time Asian champion.
Mohamed Missouri was an Algerian amateur boxer and coach.
Phetjee Jaa Or.Meekun, also known as Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom, is a Thai professional boxer and Muay Thai fighter.
Walter Sarnoi Oupathana is a Lao-American professional boxer. He represented Laos at the 2021 Asian Boxing Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Hanan Al-Zeyoudi is an Emirati boxer.
Uzbekistan Boxing Federation is the governing body of amateur Olympic-style boxing in Uzbekistan. It was founded on March 23, 1920. The Federation was re-founded in 1992 after dissolution of the USSR. The headquarters is located in Tashkent. Uzbekistan Boxing Federation is a member federation of National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It is a member of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and the Asian Boxing Council (ASBC).
Javokhir Ummataliev is an Uzbekistani amateur boxer, who won a silver medal at the Youth Asian Championships 2022 held in Amman, Jordan. He also won a gold medal at the 2022 IBA Youth Men's & Women's World Boxing Championships held in La Nucia, Spain.
Tamila Sarikhanova is a team manager of Uzbek Tigers and Uzbekistan Olympic Boxing Team, Vice Chairman of IBA's Member Federations Committee and first female IBA Supervisor from Uzbekistan.
Jakhongir Zokirov is an Uzbekistani boxer, who competes in the super heavyweight category. He won the gold medal at the 2021 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships and in the 2022 U22 Asian Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in the same weight category.
Tillaboev Shohid is an Uzbekistani sports administrator, competition member of IBA and ASBC Since August 2022 has been selected as a Secretary General of Uzbekistan Boxing Federation.
Akbar Ahadi is an Iranian boxer and coach.
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