On Saturday November 20, I attended an Indiana pacers game with some members of Nur Allah.\u00a0 During the game, I talked to the weekend school students and the adult members of the organization.\u00a0 I enjoyed talking to the other members and learning more about them and their lives.\u00a0 There were not very many aspects of the night that are easily relatable to the class, so I will talk about sports in the Islamic Middle East.<\/p>\n
Most of the sports that are popular in the United States are also popular in the Middle East.\u00a0 Basketball, soccer, and cricket are all very popular in the Middle East.\u00a0 Like most places in the world, soccer is the most popular.\u00a0 Qatar will host the next World Cup in 2022.\u00a0 The Middle East is also home to some other major sporting events, such as the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the Dubai Tennis Championship.<\/p>\n
There are also two popular sports in the Middle East that are uncommon in the rest of the world. \u00a0The first is camel racing.\u00a0 This sport is most popular in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Jordan, although the sport has caused some recent controversies.\u00a0 Camel racing is similar to thoroughbred racing, but the camels are slightly slower.\u00a0 The camels are also controlled using remote jockeys.\u00a0 Remote jockeys were required after camel owners were caught trafficking children from North Africa and South Asia.\u00a0 Breeding camels has become a very lucrative business to breed the fastest camels.\u00a0 The breeding practices and training of the camels has also caused some recent controversies.<\/p>\n
The other popular sport is falconry.\u00a0 Today falconry is especially popular in the Gulf countries however, the sport originated in Central Asia.\u00a0 Falconry was originally a way for nomadic people to hunt for food.\u00a0 People would try to catch wild birds and train them to hunt for a season.\u00a0 The birds would catch prey for the people to eat.\u00a0 Today, the falcons are bred to excel in the sport and major cities ban hunting.\u00a0 Although hunting is prohibited, falcons are used in Dubai to control the increasing pigeon population.\u00a0 Falconry now involves one falconer to release the bird from their arm and another falconer with fake prey.\u00a0 The falcon with the shortest time to catch the fake prey wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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