Moza Al Sharif, mother of Sharjah women club player Alia Al Naqbi, hijacked the spotlight from a basketball match at the Arab Women's Clubs Games, currently held in Sharjah, and organized by Sharjah Women’s Sports Foundation until February 12, when she surprised her daughter by entering the floor of the wheelchair to support her daughter Motivating her to win against the Saudi Elite team.

Alia Al-Naqbi, 27, told Emirates Today: “My mother’s presence on the floor of the hall during the competitions, such as a pleasant surprise, was not only confined to me, but to all the players of the team, as it is the first time that my mother came to support me since she suffered a stroke in a year. In 2012, the effect was of being exposed to paraplegia and loss of speech. ”

She added: “My mother has encouraged me since she reached the age of 12 to practice basketball, and has always been keen - before 2012 - to stand behind me in all the matches I have played, which allowed her to form friendships with most of the women’s basketball sector officials in the country, but the surprise came In the current version, which is witnessing strong competition for the elite basketball clubs, especially the representatives of the African continent, in my mother's challenge to the difficulty of leaving the house and her insistence on my brother to take her to the basketball hall hosting the competitions, with the aim of encouraging me and my colleagues to provide the best performance and represent the country with the winning slogan ».

She continued: “I thank the Supreme Organizing Committee for the session, for responding to my mother’s desire and allowing entry to the floor of the hall, in a gesture that not only surprised me, but also shed light on the human dimension on which Emirati sports in general, and Sharjah in particular, and the extent of the link that unites The mother with her children, and she is the first and permanent encouragement for the children to show their sporting superiority, and the keenness to raise the state's flag in various international forums, especially that the state stadiums have previously witnessed similar cases and in various sports in the presence of mothers and their support for their children in sports competitions ».

Alia Al-Naqbi:

"My mother has been keen to encourage me to play sports since I was 12 years old."

The photo speaks ❤️ # Arabic_women pic.twitter.com/Yx8zmOff4c

- Sharjah Sports Channel (@SharjahSportsTV) February 4, 2020