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Hania El Hammamy
Hania El Hammamy (born 1 September 2000 in Cairo) is an Egyptian professional squash player. She became a top seed in women's junior squash rankings at the age of 16. As of January 2022, she is ranked number 3 in the world. Biography El Hammamy initially pursued her interest in gymnastics but later began playing squash after being inspired by her brother Karim El Hammamy who is also a professional squash player. She also currently pursuing a degree in marketing at The American University in Cairo. Career El Hammamy lost to Satomi Watanabe in the quarterfinals of the girls under-13 final of the British Junior Open Squash 2012. She triumphed in the girls under-13 division of the British Junior Open Squash in 2013. She emerged as runners-up to Sivasangari Subramaniam in girls under-15 final at the British Junior Open Squash 2014. She took part in the 2015–16 PSA World Tour and became the second youngest squash player to attend the Professional Squash Association World To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
