Kuwaiti Munira Al-Hashash, the first women's international referee in the Gulf region, expressed her happiness with her first participation in the Arab men's basketball championships, saying that she did not feel intimidated, as happens with some referees who go through such new experiences, because she gained experience from managing Kuwaiti league matches last season, including The final, which brought together Al-Jahra and Kuwait, which qualified her to obtain the best referee in this season. She will seek it in the next stage, and Al-Hashash mentioned that she had the honor to participate in the Arab Clubs Championship for Women twice in a row in Jordan last year by managing the match for the third and fourth places between Al-Fuheis and the Jordanian Orthodox, while managing the final that was held in Tunisia recently and brought together the Lebanese Beirut and Smouha Al-Masry, pointing out that basketball Arab women have achieved unprecedented success thanks to the interest of federations and clubs and the approach followed by the Arab Federation Under the leadership of Major General Ismail Al-Karkawi, President of the Arab and Emirati Federations, which is represented in intensifying women’s tournaments like men’s and keenness to raise the level to reach the continental and international levels. Munira Al-Hashash participated in officiating 4 matches in the current Championship, Al-Ahly of Egypt with Al-Minaa Al-Yemeni and Al Gharafa of Qatar and Ithad of Alexandria with Ahly Benghazi- Libya and Al-Iraqi Degla with Wedad Boufarik of Algeria, and she won the international badge in August last year.
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