Any star you see in most mags its an Arab! Do you think they will own the bodybuilding scene soon? I do
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Any star you see in most mags its an Arab! Do you think they will own the bodybuilding scene soon? I do
[QUOTE=Poker face Ace;2122889]Any star you see in most mags its an Arab! Do you think they will own the bodybuilding scene soon? I do[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Poker face Ace;2122889]Any star you see in most mags its an Arab! Do you think they will own the bodybuilding scene soon? I do[/QUOTE]
Nasser El Sonbaty much? Samir Bannout? Mohamed Makkawy? Mohammed Benaziza? It's not like yesteryear was lacking in bodybuilders from the Arab world.
Fouad Abiad was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and is of Lebanese heritage.
Mamdouh 'Big Ramy' Elssbiay is an Egyptian-born Kuwaiti.
Who else? I'm sure it's not a short list.
[QUOTE=Curt James;2122906]Nasser El Sonbaty much? Samir Bannout? Mohamed Makkawy? Mohammed Benaziza? It's not like yesteryear was lacking in bodybuilders from the Arab world.
Fouad Abiad was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and is of Lebanese heritage.[/QUOTE]
PFA, with his Kindle can only remember so much so far back.
[QUOTE=Mac;2122909]PFA, with his Kindle can only remember so much so far back.[/QUOTE]
I hesitate to pick on anyone's memory. Lean pretty heavily on Google myself, but I [I]dooooo [/I]remember, oh, [SIZE=3]SOMEONE FROM LEBANON WAS MR. OLYMPIA![/SIZE] lol
Agreed. Also, arabs, at least most top pros put bodybuilding on the map imo lets not forget
People from the Levant, Egypt and Persia are not Arab. FYI
[QUOTE=Poker face Ace;2122945]Agreed. Also, arabs, at least most top pros put bodybuilding on the map imo lets not forget[/QUOTE]
An [i]Austrian[/i] put bodybuilding on the map.
There's a strong argument for a Cuban as well.
[QUOTE=UKwildcat;2122952]People from the Levant, Egypt and Persia are not Arab. FYI[/QUOTE]
"The Arab World consists of 22 countries in the Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Bahrain, the Comoros Islands, Djibouti, [b]Egypt[/b], Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen."
Nov 29, 2009, [url]www.adc.org[/url]
Did Egypt opt out?
[QUOTE=Curt James;2122961]"The Arab World consists of 22 countries in the Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Bahrain, the Comoros Islands, Djibouti, [b]Egypt[/b], Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen."
Nov 29, 2009, [url]www.adc.org[/url]
Did Egypt opt out?[/QUOTE]
I'll give you that one although do know one Egyptian who does not want to be Called Arab.
[video=youtube;UUvidHZq1Is]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUvidHZq1Is[/video]
My favorite Arab bodybuilder ! Ahmad Haidar ….
Just Imagine this man making down to 212. Almost unbeatable IMO. (Yeaah Maybe Lee Priest and Shawn Ray, I know)
[QUOTE=Curt James;2122906]Nasser El Sonbaty much? Samir Bannout? Mohamed Makkawy? Mohammed Benaziza? It's not like yesteryear was lacking in bodybuilders from the Arab world.
Fouad Abiad was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and is of Lebanese heritage.
Mamdouh 'Big Ramy' Elssbiay is an Egyptian-born Kuwaiti.
Who else? I'm sure it's not a short list.[/QUOTE]
A lot of this is true. I reminded of a photo or two in the Pumping Iron book (which is from when - 1975?).
What might be true is, for now while there's still oil, they have the money that, if they wanted to, they could dominate bodybuilding in terms of shows and prize money. All it'd take is one prince / sheikh to show an interest with their pocket money and boom. It nearly happened with the NABBA Mr U back in the day with John Paul Getty.
[QUOTE=UKwildcat;2122952]People from the Levant, Egypt and Persia are not Arab. FYI[/QUOTE]
Point to Persia on a up-to-date map. It USED to exist as a place. Wiki suggests it's mostly an Iranian race (spread over 4 countries now inc Turkey).
[QUOTE=Mobster;2122988]Point to Persia on a up-to-date map. It USED to exist as a place. Wiki suggests it's mostly an Iranian race[B] (spread over 4 countries now inc Turkey)[/B].[/QUOTE]
That's why I said Persia. I assumed most people have some knowledge of history and geography like you do.
Yet they speak Arabic. And if you ask where are you from their response is "middle east"[QUOTE=UKwildcat;2122952]People from the Levant, Egypt and Persia are not Arab. FYI[/QUOTE]