The Role of Al-Fatat Sports Club in Developing Women’s Sports in Mosul (A Historical Study) | ||
| Al-Rafidain Journal For Sport Sciences | ||
| Volume 26, Issue 81, October 2023, Pages 211-232 PDF (1.19 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/rjss.2023.138183.1174 | ||
| Author | ||
| raad ahmed Al Taee* | ||
| University of Mosul College of Literature | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Sport in general is considered one of the cultural aspects that different states and countries depend on to reflect the extent of cultural and social development that reflects positively on those societies. Women's sports is considered one of these facades or it is a branch of sports. Therefore, the countries of the world are naturally looking for ways, means, and methods that would work on the development of women's sports in them. As far as Iraq and the city of Mosul are concerned, the development in Women's sports during the past few years is considered an acceptable qualitative leap compared to the reality of women's sports in the past and the old times when customs and traditions were considered among the most important obstacles that impede the development or even the establishment of women's sports in the city. These customs and traditions shackled girls in the city and bound them with iron shackles. The Al-Fatah Sports Club, which was established in 1993 in the city of Mosul, had an important and clear role in the development of the women's sports movement in Mosul, by encouraging girls to break into the world of sports and participation in their male brother in the practice of sporting events of all kinds, especially those that began to be practiced in schools. At different levels of schooling (primary, middle, and secondary) and focusing on school sports with clear efforts from male and female teachers of physical education and the institutions that have worked on developing the rising sports spirit in the hearts of female students. Among these institutions are the Directorate of Education of Nineveh Governorate and the Department of Sports Activity and School Scouts affiliated to it. In addition, one of the most important specialized women’s sports clubs is the Al-Fatah Sports Club in Mosul, which was an inexhaustible resource of women’s sports talents and still snatches titles and prizes. The involvement of a large number of female champions affiliated with the club in the Iraqi national teams in several sporting events, made women’s sports in the city of Mosul referred to as Lebanon, especially since these female champions are students of the University of Mosul and its various colleges, and that the university has prepared for the club an ideal environment for them to practice their sports activities in An atmosphere far from the general community of the city, and opened for them and their clubs sports halls, swimming pools, and private stadiums in the university and the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences. This cooperation, support, and backing by the University of Mosul greatly impacted the Al-Fata Sports Club's capabilities and enabled it to spread cultural and sports awareness in the city and among university students. Even the housewives who started practicing sports on a large scale in the facilities of the irrigation club And their involvement in training courses, various workshops, and various cultural and sports seminars The research focuses on the major roles played by the Al-Fatah Sports Club in Mosul to develop women's sports in this city | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Girl; feminism; sport; evolution; Mosul | ||
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