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Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir (Somali: Bilqis Abdul Qaadir; Arabic: بلقيس عبد القادر) (born 11 November 1990) is an American former collegiate basketball player. She was notable for playing basketball while wearing a hijab, a headscarf for Muslim women.
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born Chris Wayne Jackson; March 9, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for nine years with the Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings and Vancouver Grizzlies. Abdul-Rauf played college basketball for the LSU Tigers from 1988 to 1990 and was a consensus ...
Mahmoud Abdelfattah is a Palestinian-American professional basketball coach who most recently served as the head coach for the Sydney Kings of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He became the first ever Palestinian or Muslim head coach of a National Basketball Association (NBA) or NBA G League franchise when he served as head ...
Alaa Abdelnaby (Arabic: علاء عبد النبي), (born June 24, 1968) is an Egyptian-American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils followed by a five-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career, and then stints in various other leagues. Abdelnaby is one of two Egyptian-born ...
Salah Mejri (Arabic: صالح الماجري; born June 15, 1986) is a Tunisian former professional basketball player who represented the senior Tunisian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m), he played at the center position.
Avdija was born in kibbutz Beit Zera in Israel. His mother, Sharon Artzi, is an Israeli Jew and former track and field and basketball player. [2] His father, Zufer Avdija, is an Israeli citizen of Serbian Gorani–Muslim heritage [2] [3] [4] who played basketball for the Yugoslavia national team prior to moving to Israel to play for Israeli teams.
On April 1, 2010, Aminu hired an agent and declared for the 2010 NBA draft. [4] He was selected with the eighth overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers. In just his eighth game for the Clippers on November 9, 2010, he had a season-best game with 20 points (a career-high until March 31, 2016) and 8 rebounds against the New Orleans Hornets. [5]
Olivier Saint-Jean was born in Maisons-Alfort near Paris. [1] His mother George Goudet was a professional basketball player. [2] His father Quinis Brower was a former Hofstra University and pro basketball player who was drafted by the ABA's New York Nets before a professional career in France, playing with the club team Limoges.