Conversations with Arab athletes on their journeys to the Paris 2024 Olympics
Maha Amer on historic success and overcoming toxic environments
Athlete opens up about balancing her academic pursuits with a successful career
Morocco’s Ines Laklalech on her meteoric rise in professional golf
Laklalesh talks about her Olympic dreams and her rapid ascent from amateur to professional title winner
Lebanese trap shooter Ray Bassil on what it takes to make it to four Olympic Games
Bassil has made significant strides from a young age in a male-dominated sport
Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam on taking his second chance
Boukhiam spent a decade toiling on the qualifying series before he finally clinched a place in the Championship Tour at the end of 2022
Safiya Al Sayegh on blazing a trail for UAE women in professional cycling
Al Sayegh has become the first Emirati woman cyclist to qualify for the Olympics
Egypt’s Marwan El Kamash on chasing his Olympic swimming dream
Swimmer moved from South Carolina to Indiana, South Africa to Turkey and Italy to California in search of elite coaching
Power couple Ziad El Sissy and Nouran Gohar on shared dreams
El Sissy is getting ready for his second Olympic Games this summer in Paris
Swim star Farida Osman on chasing her fourth Olympics
African record holder opens up about her heartbreaking Tokyo Games and the brutal backlash that followed
UAE showjumper Abdullah Al Marri on Olympics qualification
Abdullah Al Marri talks about how the UAE earned team qualification for the Olympics
Teen prodigy Hana Goda on pressure, Olympic dream and fear of failure
Egyptian table tennis champion Hana Goda ranked in the world’s top 30
Tennis stars Ons Jabeur and Mayar Sherif on their journeys to the top
Arab sportswomen share the highs, lows and turning points in their careers
Abtal: A new podcast series on Arab journeys to the Paris Olympics
Ons Jabeur, Mayar Sherif, Farida Osman, Abdullah Al Marri and Hana Goda feature in the first episodes
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