Football and Football
I like all kinds of football... the worldwide recognized kind (soccer) and the American kind as well. I really like watching English Premiership League and the professional and college level American football seasons have started up as well.
Just last night I joined with friends from the Arab Evangelical Church in Dubai to play in a Ramadan Football (Soccer) Tournament. I've played in this for four years now and this year we're playing indoors rather than outdoors. It's cooler indoors but I really enjoyed playing at the Iranian club fields in the past years. There was just something exotic about being an American walking past the Iranian club lobby with the pictures of the Ayatollah Khomeni and President Ahmadinejad hanging there prominently.
By the way, we won our first game 5-0 :)
Here is a clip of one play from a game in the American football professional league weekend games. You can see lots more clips at www.nfl.com.
Watch the whole clip here...
An Amazing Flip!
4 comments:
how about those Kentucky Wildcats? I have to say I didn't expect wins vs. Louisville and Arkansas from them. This QB seems like the real deal.
Is the Arab Evangelical Church in Dubai a door knocking organisation?
Idu, I'm not sure what you mean by "door-knocking" org but I'm guessing you mean to ask do they actively share their faith or evangelize door to door here? If so, the answer is no. That is illegal in this country. Evangelical refers (according to wikipedia.org) to: Evangelicalism is typified by an emphasis on evangelism, a personal experience of conversion, biblically-oriented faith, and a belief in the relevance of Christian faith to some cultural issues. Historically, the movement began in the early 18th century as a response to Enlightenment thinking. It stressed a more personal relationship with God at the individual level; as well as activism based upon one's biblically based beliefs.
Cheers for the insight. In Australia we have the Jehovah's Witness and Mormons who go door to door, is that evangelical?
I was reading about the UAE Governments policy in regards to religious pluralism. I was suprised that the governments donates land to religous organisations for the construction of places of worship.
Its sad how these positive elements of the region never make it into Australian (or any Western) media.
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