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Marwan Arafat
Dr. Mohammad Marwan Arafat ( ar, محمد مروان عرفات; 5 January 1945 – 12 June 2012) was a Syrian people, Syrian association football, football referee, sports analyst, academic lecturer and journalist, well known for being the first Arabic people, Arabic and Asian people, Asian Referee (association football), football referee to be a Assistant referee (association football), linesman in a 3rd place Olympic Games, Olympic game match (1980 Summer Olympics, Moscow 1980). He was the head of the Syrian football association three times. During his presidency of the Syrian FA, the Syrian U-21 team won the Asian cup in 1994 in Indonesia. Early life Marwan Arafat was born in the district of Rukn ad-Deen in Damascus, where he finished his Primary school, primary and Secondary school, secondary school studies. He continued his studies in Geography department of the Damascus University. He received his diploma and Master's degree in Education from the Damascus University. Late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian People
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indigenous elements and the foreign cultures that have come to inhabit the region of Syria over the course of thousands of years. The mother tongue of most Syrians is Levantine Arabic, which came to replace the former mother tongue, Aramaic, following the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 7th century. The conquest led to the establishment of the Caliphate under successive Arab dynasties, who, during the period of the later Abbasid Caliphate, promoted the use of the Arabic language. A minority of Syrians have retained Aramaic which is still spoken in its Eastern and Western dialects. In 2018, the Syrian Arab Republic had an estimated population of 19.5 million, which includes, aside from the aforementioned majority, ethnic minorities such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
