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Ali Khaled
Ali Khaled is the Sports Editor at Arab News and former Editor of FourFourTwo Arabia. He has previously worked for The National, 7Days, and GQ Middle East, and has contributed to Al Arabiya English, CNN and Esquire Middle East. He directed the 2016 documentary Anwar Roma (Lights of Rome), the story of the UAE’s incredible journey to the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.
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