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Excellence in Action: Expanding Unified Champion Schools Across Middle East/North Africa

The Special Olympics MENA Unified Champion Schools (UCS) Hub event, titled Excellence in Action: Expanding UCS across the MENA region, was held from October 23 to October 26, 2024.
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Athletes

Khadija Zen Al Abdeen Breaks Barriers for Women at World Games

Khadija isn’t just competing at Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, she is breaking barriers.
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Khadija Zen Al Abdeen from Mauritania, the First Female Athlete ever to be sent to Compete outside Her Home Country

The twenty-three-year-old joined Special Olympics Mauritania in 2006 and competed in table tennis at the 2018 MENA Regional Games in Abu Dhabi.
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