A Tale Called Al Ahly Club...Memories and Milestones
The Second Edition
Author:Mubarak Saad Al Atwi
Publisher: The Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Award
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A Tale Called Al Ahly Club: Memories and Milestones  a book issued by The Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Award, written by Mr Mubarak Saad Al Atwi, a member of the Award’s Board of Trustees, which came as a documentation of important periods of the Bahraini Al Ahly Club, which is an important stage in the history of the Kingdom of Bahrain in the field of clubs and youth, including the recording the giving of a group of distinguished pioneers in the field of sports, sports clubs and society from the people of this country. The book contains 221 pages in which the author relied on his memory as he was one of those in charge of sports, witnessed the development of some clubs and headed many sports delegations that represented the Kingdom of Bahrain in various sports fields in a number of brotherly and friendly countries.

The book is of a medium-size cut, luxuriously printed, and contains two hundred and twenty-one pages with indexes, and its author called it (A Tale) as if he wanted to say that the book is a documentation of tales and deeds written for brilliant people who served this country and gave their efforts in this field. The author did not forget the roles other clubs played in that period of time with transparency, clarity, credibility and spontaneity.

The author spoke about the generation of the 1970s, which formed a new era in its giving and chose a new path in all directions and fields. It was, in all loyalty, a new hope for the nation’s future title. The institutions in all their forms were filled with faithful men cooperating in giving and competing in building a distinguished next generation for this nation.

In 1974, the General Organization for Youth and Sports was proclaimed, headed by Shaikh Isa bin Mohammed Al Khalifa. This Organization organised and supported sports and cultural clubs in Bahrain, and plans were prepared for participations and competitions in their various forms and categories.

Then another move came at the beginning of the twentieth century to form groups in the form of sports teams holding names of a national character, and the idea of competition between these groups came from time to time.

In 1939, Al Ahly Club was established in the city of Manama. The founders of the Club were from well-known, educated and well-off families in Bahrain. The Club was an extension of the Literary Forum, which was founded in 1928 and established in Manama. Its activity was suspended in the late 1930s, as the Sports Club inherited all the legacies of the Literary Forum, including books, furniture, and other things. Thus, the character of Al Ahly Club came at the beginning of its establishment, culturally and socially in general.

The book also contained pictures of a historical nature of the club teams, the founders, some of the tournaments that were held, and the presidents of the sports clubs. It provided an observational reading of Al Ahly Club’s history and its experience of merging with other clubs. The author gave a quick overview of the most prominent stars in basketball, and another about the achievements of the presidents of Al Ahly Club. He also  referred to the General Assembly of the Club and its role, and mentioned glimpses of (Abdulrahman Kanoo), the model president, his sporting achievements, and his interest in culture. Then he moved on to talk about Al Ahly Club and investment projects, and about the Club and women, and the Club and stances for history. Then he talked about Club’s Crisis Management led by Abdulwahab Al Asoomi.

In this book, the author tried to document the giving of Al Ahly Club in an easy way that he wanted generations to read.