JEDDAH, MAKKAH: From being a fan to co-chairing an all-male Saudi club, a love of football runs deep in Awatef Al-Sahoo, the first Saudi female to run for the presidency of a club.
The unexpected relocation is a first for the sports scene in the Kingdom. Al-Sahoo provided her candidateship for the presidency of Al-Qalaa FC in Al-Jouf, ending up being the first Saudi woman to take the action.
She provided her candidateship papers for the presidency of the club’s board of directors last Thursday, amidst competitors with a list of names. Al-Sahoo wishes to present a file, which focuses on developing a females’s sports council to serve sports in Saudi Arabia, and she hopes to be accepted by the sporting community.
She informed Arab News that her election was influenced by her belief that the role of women is important in society, particularly for female athletes, as they create balance and integration, and can be examples of females reaching their full capacity.
With her other half and family’s support for the nomination, her story began with her marriage to athlete Ahmed Al-Sahoo, who was an entrance to the world of sports for her. She stated she was enthusiastic about ending up being president of Al-Qalaa FC because of sports competitions.
” My house turned into a management center for the club and its affairs, with Al-Qalaa FC becoming a 2nd home that is valued and supported with all their effort,” she stated.
Al-Sahoo is unafraid of losing the elections in 2 weeks’ time, which shows her determination to eliminate, “by exercising my right to vote, develop a neighborhood sports channel capable of establishing society in a cultural, social and civilized method, in accordance with the highest requirements and contemporary innovation that suggest success and quality, is what I’m aiming for,” she said.
QUICKLY FACTS
– Awatef Al-Sahoo provided her candidacy for the presidency of Al-Qalaa FC in Al-Jouf last week.
– She wants to establish a females’s sports council to serve sports in Saudi Arabia.
Last year, Kholoud Attar ended up being one of the first women to sign up with a football club. She informed Arab News that the Kingdom is prepared to see what females have to offer in the field of sports.
” I always admire women who bypass gender concerns and just focus on contributing their time to something new. I think it’s really brave and I make sure she will do it and she’ll do a fantastic task,” Attar said.
” I completely support her decision. If anything, working in the sports field and managing Al-Wehda FC, I realized that the Kingdom is prepared for all the terrific work and chances females can offer for this field.”
Al-Sahoo’s strong choice is by all means a terrific start for an integrated system, however also one that has actually gotten the regard of females in the area.
Many individuals on social networks have hailed her election as “brave and prominent.”
Al-Sahoo said: “My success in the next elections is the success of all enthusiastic Saudi women who would like to show the world who they are, what they can offer and who have battled in order to attain these historical moments that will be positively signed up in the march of Saudi women who have actually gotten in all domains courageously.”
Ahmed Al-Sahoo, her hubby, whose presidency of Al-Qalaa FC just recently ended, said her election is a desire she has actually been eagerly waiting for.
She is a leading figure who carries Al-Jouf people’ hopes and ambitions, and her loss in the elections will be a loss for all ambitious females from her generation, he included.
He stated it was very important to support and motivate ladies in their aspirations in the sports field and guarantee their success.
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