{"id":4109,"date":"2018-05-02T12:42:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T08:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/?p=4109"},"modified":"2019-05-13T13:32:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T09:32:02","slug":"the-egyptian-pharaoh-strikes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbrsc.aud.edu\/MBRSCPost\/the-egyptian-pharaoh-strikes-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The Egyptian Pharaoh Strikes Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the streets of a suburb off the main route of Egypt emerged a world-class football player, the first of his kind in history. Nowadays, Mohamed Salah rarely needs an introduction. His name is chanted in Egyptian cafes during the 90 minutes he is on the field during matches, headlined on international media, and praised amongst non-Arab Liverpool supporters all over the world. But talks of him do not end there. His reach exceeds the boundaries of the football field and instead, touches Arab youth wherever they may reside.<\/p>\n

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His career on Egyptian ground was short-lived but effective. Mohamed Salah kicked off his football career as a winger at the Arab Contractors Club (El Mokaweloon El Arab), scoring 11 goals in 41 games (a number of goals that would quadruple later on in his career).<\/p>\n

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Like the rest of us, Salah faced obstacles during the course of his professional career as he wasn\u2019t always \u201cthe man of the match.\u201d He was initially rejected by a prestigious Egyptian club, Al Zamalek. But had it not been for that rejection, Salah would not have went on to play abroad in Basel, a European team that had been scouting him for a while. He later wore Chelsea\u2019s blue jersey, made an appearance on Italian ground to play in Fiorentina and then later as Roma\u2019s winger before finally signing with Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Salah\u2019s appreciation is confirmed just by walking in the streets of his home village, Bain El Sarayat. Murals<\/a> of his face cover the walls, and Egyptian nationals of all ages and classes fill local cafes on match nights, awaiting his weekly goal dispatch.<\/p>\n

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Being a small town boy who went on to play in the big leagues encouraged Arab youth and allowed them to view him a role-model. \u201cHe showed young Egyptians that your starting point in life does not dictate where you end up,\u201d said Sherif El Meniawy, an Egypt national in his early twenties, currently residing in Canada. \u201cThere are many lessons that can be learned from Salah\u2019s path to stardom,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Recently, Salah made an appearance on screen, not as the world-class football player that he is, but as an ambassador for change. Titled \u201cYou Are Stronger Than Drugs\u201d, was the anti-drug campaign launched in Egypt by the Fund for Drug Control and the Treatment of Addiction (FDCTA), where Salah was featured.<\/p>\n

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Egyptian national and football enthusiast, Omar Allam,  said, \u201cIt\u2019s very inspiring to see someone with as big an influence as Salah being involved in a case like this,\u201d he said, \u201cEspecially one that is aimed at Egyptian youth as drug addiction is a very prominent issue there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Since then, the national drug rehabilitation hotline witnessed an increase of 400 per cent in calls after the campaign went public, according to Ghada Waly<\/a>, Egypt\u2019s Social Solidarity Minister.<\/p>\n

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His influence on Arab youth did not go unnoticed as he was awarded<\/a> a medal of honor last month at the Arab League\u2019s Youth Council for Integrated Development for his role as an ideal model for Arab youth.<\/p>\n

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Be it rising after continuous rejections or giving back to society, Salah has scored the most goals in the Premier league and secured a place in many people\u2019s hearts.<\/p>\n

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