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SOMENA Managing Director Partakes in Regional Managing Directors’ & Executive Office Meetings in Washington
  At the Special Olympics headquarters in Washington DC, a meeting was held for ...
Global Press Conference in Syria: SOMENA Seventh Regional Games' Mascot Revealed
        Decorated with the famous Damascus sword and Olympic torch ...
SOMENA Managing Director Meets with Prince Ra'ad Ben Zaid in Amman
Parallel to the SOI delegation's visit to meet with the Regional UNICEF Offi ...
Jordanian Participation with 200 Athletes in SO Palestine's 1st National Games
Palestinian Prime Minister Opens the Event in Presence of Palestinian Health Minister & ...
Alexandria Governor Awarded by SOMENA ,Successful Healthy Athletes Program in Bahrain and activities in Syria , Iraq and Lebanon
December 2009 Egypt Alexandria Governor Awarded by SOMENA ...
Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Receives SO International Award for 2009
      In recognition of his persevered efforts in serving individuals ...
Princess Lalla Amina Presides Moroccan Side during Protocol Signing Between SO Morocco & SOI
  A memorandum of understanding was signed between SO Morocco and SOI. HRH Princess ...
Fruitful Meeting Between SOMENA Managing Director & Tunisian President
  Eng. Ayman Abdel Wahab met with HE President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia, p ...
SOMENA 7th Regional Games – Syria 2010 Four Thousand Participants & 15 Sports under Patronage of Syria’s First Lady
  In a press conference held in the Syrian Capital of Damascus, following the three- ...
Al-Hamdan Website Launched
     SOMENA Supports SO Oman’s Sub-programs Athletics Competition Orga ...
Syria to Host SOMENA’s 7th Regional Games 2010
  in Presence of Syria’s First Lady Abdel Wahab Announces:Syria’s Games, the Big ...
Region Receives Timothy Shriver in Three-Leg Tour
SOI Chairman Commends Mrs. Mubarak’s Role & Hails SOMENA’s Outstanding Developments ...
Regional Advisory Council Conference Convened in Beirut
SOMENA Regional Manager: Seventh Regional Games to be Named after Magda Moussa Princess L ...
Honored by SOMENA Managing Director, President of the Comoros Receives SO International Award
   Talks between President Sambi and SOMENA Over Means of Supporting SO Comoros ...
Constructive Visit to Yemen by SOMENA Managing Director
  SOMENA Regional Managing Director, paid a constructive one-day visit to Yemen, d ...
Athletes’ Overwhelming Emotions Melt down Boise’s Chill
SOMENA’s Largest Participation in Winter Games History as Region’s 18 Countries Compet ...
Training Camp for Libyan Teams for World Winter Games
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SOI Chairman and SOMENA Managing Director Demonstrate SO Experience at 3rd Global Competitiveness Forum:
As part of the international global Olympic movement we must have the capabili ...
P&G Gulf Launches “Create Heroes” Campaign 4th Year in a Row
  SOMENA Managing Director: “The campaign gave momentum to Special Olympics. ...
In-depth Coverage of SOMENA’s Sixth Regional Games – Abu Dhabi2008
  On Behalf of HH Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, HH Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed A ...
Advisory Council’s Meetings in Bahrain Yield Constructive Results
  “SOMENA midway to increase number of athletes to 150 thousand. Region right ...
Press Conference for the Flame of Hope in Abu Dhabi
Regional Director: An Honor of the MENA Region Al-Hameli: A Historic Event for Abu D ...
Brady Lum: New Development Plans in the Works
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An Unveiling and Launching in Abu Dhabi
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Full Agenda at MENA Staff Meetings in Cairo
Cairo hosted the annual staff meetings of the MENA regional office for the second half ...
A First in the History of MENA Games
For the first time in the history of the Middle East and North Africa Regional Games, ...
Crown Prince of Bahrain Receives Special Olympics MENA Managing Director
Crown Prince of Bahrain and President of the Supreme Council for Sport and Youth Sheikh ...
Special Olympics National Games of Morocco in Ifran, Switzerland of Morocco
An Extravagant Opening Ceremony in Ifran ...
Royal RAC Elections in Morocco
Lala Amina wins the International Post and Sheikh Daij the Regional RAC President Mor ...
Al-Shafallah Center of Qatar Hosts the Third Annual International Forum for Children with Special Needs Sport and Ability
  More than 250 experts and specialists from all over the world took part in the thr ...
Hareb drives his own car and talks about Special Olympics in four Languages
Hareb the New Special Olympics Global Messenger from the MENA Region; drives his own car ...
Renowned Actor Hussein Fahmy Welcomed as First Special Olympics Global Ambassador from the Middle East/North Africa region
  21/03/2007 ...
They were all winners
The twenty participating countries at the Games were all winners at the 5th Special Ol ...
A new post for Ahmed Hassan
After succeeding in organizing the 5th Regional Games, Dubai, 2006, the UAE Sport ...
An extravagant opening ceremony at the 5th MENA Regional Games, Dubai, 2006
  Sheikh Hemdan Ben Mohamed Ben Rashed and Princess Haya witness the Flame of hope a ...
Launching of 5th MENA Regional Games, Dubai 2006, "Zayed Al-Khaier" Website
  Special Olympics Middle East/North Africa has launched its 5th MENA Regiona ...
Sportex supporting Special Olympics MENA
Sportex Middle East & Gulf Stadia, the premier international event for the Sports, ...
Middle East/North Africa Regional Advisory Council elects Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco as Chair
  At a 21-23 April meeting in Casablanca, Morocco, representatives of 16 Special Oly ...
Bruce Pasternack visits SO MENA Regional Office and attends part of the Regional Managing Directors Meetings held in Cairo
Bruce Pasternack, President and CEO Special Olympics recently paid a visit to Cairo to ...
Syria embraces the First Special Olympics Regional Symposium on the Social and Health Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled
  Under the auspices of H.E. Mrs. Asma Al-Assad, Syria’s First Lady, and Speci ...
Regional Managing Director MENA awards the Algerian President Mr. Butaflika an international award
I was all honored to award the Algerian President, Mr. Butaflika, his International Award ...
Under the auspices of H.E. Mrs. Asma Al-Assad, 350 physicians, scholars, researchers and 1200 other participants attend the First SO Regional Symposium on the Social and Health Welfare of the intellec
Asma Al-Assad meets with SO MENA Managing Director, asking for more fruitful co-operation ...
Dina Galal, Special Olympics MENA’s Global Messenger, campaigning for the Movement in Dubai
On Wednesday October 5th Ms. Dina Galal, SO MENA Global Messenger, visited Dubai to take p ...
Procter & Gamble Gulf announces ‘Create Heroes’ campaign to help Special Olympics MENA’s intellectually disabled Arab athletes
Purchases of leading brands will help raise SR 1 million for Special Olympics Procter &a ...