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Osamah Almarwai
Osamah Ali Almarwai (Arabic: أسامة علي المروعي, born on April 11, 1992) is a Saudi submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor. An American National and World No-Gi champion in brown belt, Almarwai is the first black belt IBJJF World No-Gi and Pan No-Gi champion from Saudi and the Middle East. Almarwai is currently ranked No. 1 in the 2022-2023 IBJJF No-Gi Rooster division. Early life Osamah Ali Almarwai was born on April 11, 1992, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. During Almarwai's early years he played football and taekwondo. During his teenage years he relocated to the United States where he had a brief experience training Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) at university. Career At 19 he moved back to Saudi Arabia and continued training BJJ with coaches, Mohammed Al Dabbas, and Gerardo Dudamell, who awarded him his purple belt. Almarwai later trained with Karim Shah who promoted him to brown belt. After 7 years of training in Saudi Arabia, Almar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's prominence grew in 647 when the Caliph Osman made it a major port for Indian Ocean trade routes, channelling goods to Mecca, and to serve Muslim travelers for Islamic pilgrimage. Since those times, Jeddah has served as the gateway for millions of pilgrims who have arrived in Saudi Arabia, traditionally by sea and recently by air. With a population of about 4,697,000 people as of 2021, Jeddah is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest city in Hejaz, the second-largest city in the Saudi Arabia (after the capital Riyadh), and the ninth-largest in the Middle East. It also serves as the administrative centre of the OIC. Jeddah Islamic Port, on the Red Sea, is the thirty-sixth largest seaport in the world and the second-largest and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
