The 11th
Pan Arab Games took place in
Cairo,
Egypt from 11 – 26 November 2007. A total of 22 countries participated in 32 events. These games were the largest in the games' history; seven new events were introduced and 2000 more athletes participated than in previous years, making them 8000 Arab athletes. It was also the first time that some of the Arab football federations participated with their first teams.
Games
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony started with the Egyptian Singer
Tamer Hosny singing a new song for Arab unity, and then the entrance of several Arab Leaders with
Hosni Mubarak, including the
Sudan
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ese President
Omar Hassan al-Bashir,
Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas ( ar, مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen ( ar, أَبُو مَازِن, links=no, ), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian Natio ...
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Yemeni President
Ali Abdullah Saleh,
Iraqi President
Jalal Talabani, and the Saudi Crown Prince
Sultan bin Abdul Aziz
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (c. 5 January 1928 – 22 October 2011) (Arabic: سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود ''Sulṭān ibn ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Suʿūd''), called ''Sultan the Good'' (Arabic: سلطان الخير ''Sulṭa ...
. This was followed by the entrance of the 22 participating teams. The opening word was given to several Arab Sport Federation Chiefs, and the Secretary general of the
Arab League
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Amr Moussa, and ended with Egyptian President Mubarak's opening words.
The ceremony was divided into eight parts; it started with the Narration of the Abraham's Trip in the desert, and the founding of the Ka'aba, thus
Mecca, and Arab Unity under
Islam
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, and stressed on the power of Words in the
Quran, and then it showed several dances showing the Arab Literature and Arts, then showed performances explaining the Arab's leadership in philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, gardening and music. Throughout the performance, several Arab scientists, poets, philosophers, mathematicians and travellers were mentioned as well as several verses of the Quran, and how it helped Arabs to achieve such glorious achievements. The Ceremony was wrapped up with the Egyptian National Anthem then an Arab Song called "Amgad Ya Arab" (Glories o Arabs).
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Disability sports
* Athletics
* Table tennis
* Volleyball
* Weightlifting
Medal table
Participation
''By Alphabetical Order''
Mascot
The official
mascot of Games is Bastet, whose name was derived from the
ancient Egyptian goddess
Bast. The mascot Bastet is a
black cat
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, with a
headscarf in the ancient Egyptian style, striped with
Egypt's flag.
References
External links
Official website
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