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Growing the cover of Time is a huge feat. Achieving the venerable magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world is a feat, as are many others. And being an Arab and a Muslim who achieves this feat is an honor that should make people who share this faith and ethnicity immensely proud. It is a triumph not only of football star Mohamed Salah, but of all the inhabitants of the region.
Salah made the cover of Time largely because of his prowess on the field. His worldwide popularity surged last year when he had a decisive season with Liverpool, scoring 44 goals in 2017-18 and helping the English Premier League team reach the Champions League final. . The Egyptian, 26, is still the league's top scorer in the Premier League season as the Reds have won their first Premier League title since 1990. They have also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. One of the most sought after players in the world, Salah has won at least 10 sports awards, including the Golden Boot Premier League, African player of the year and third place as the world's best player.
But Salah was not selected solely for sporting reasons. He continues to inspire thousands of people around the world through his hard work, his pbadion for football and religion and his generosity. He has already given money to a thief who stole his family to rebuild his life. When Salah does not help Liverpool to win matches, he helps people in his hometown and elsewhere in Egypt get educated and get health care. It has inspired hundreds of people to seek help to fight addiction. And he donated tens of thousands of Egyptian pounds to help experienced Egyptian footballers, who may have had a difficult time after retiring.
Unfortunately, Salah's journey has not always been sown with rose petals. He and many footballers have had to deal with the rise of racism. Several players in England and elsewhere have been victims of racist abuse this season, from the stands at matches as well as through posts on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Premier League stars Danny Welbeck, Raheem Sterling, Michy Batshuayi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Moussa Sissoko have all been attacked recently. England's black players have been singing repeatedly at their Euro 2020 qualification in Montenegro last month. Tottenham defender Danny Rose recently revealed that he was "fed up" with racism in football and that he was "impatient" to leave the match.
If racist songs were commonplace in England's stadiums in the 1970s and 1980s, what would be the pretext today? This season and previous seasons have witnessed repetitive discriminatory abuse inside stadiums in England, in other European countries and around the world. We have also witnessed many heinous attacks on social media. This behavior must be called for what it is: pure bigotry. It's a shame that destroys the game and the companies.
Salah was spared most of this prejudice and intolerance largely because of the respect he deserved for his footballing talents and caring humanity. The time has seemed opportune to place him among the world's top luminaries, including US President Donald Trump, US politician Nancy Pelosi, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and former US woman Michelle Obama.
Time magazine has selected several personalities, dividing them into pioneers, artists, leaders, icons and titans, Salah being named in the last category. Salah is the only football player on the list, worshiped in his native Egypt, and is the greatest player ever produced by the Arab and Muslim worlds. Disciplined and determined, Salah has become a source of inspiration for young people around the world. He is the model par excellence to imitate. It's a story of well-being in an area where this success is rare.
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