The player and team of the Sharjah Handball Club, Ibrahim Al-Qurs (31 years old), managed to combine brilliance in the stadium with academic success, after he obtained a master’s degree, and is currently preparing for a doctorate, in translating the aspirations of the Sharjah Sports Council to create young sports leaders.
Ibrahim Al-Qurs said that despite the challenges facing him in his career, whether as a father of three children, or the nature of his long-term work, he was keen to shine in handball, which made him crowned last year with the title of the best citizens players.
He added: "These challenges did not undermine my determination to continue my academic achievement, which finally culminated in obtaining a master's degree in applied sociology in the field of crime and justice, to become the first hand player in the club to reach this level of educational achievement."
The disc confirmed to «Emirates Today»: «I achieved many successive achievements with all the teams of the Sunni stages in the club, the last of which was to retain the hand league title for men for the fourth year in a row, and even the nature of my work that required between 2010 and 2015 daily travel to Abu Dhabi, did not prevent me from Obtaining an undergraduate degree from Ajman University, before completing it for the last two and a half years in the master’s challenge, which I obtained from the University of Sharjah ».
He added: “Since joining Sharjah Club in 2002, and I have been mindful of finding the required balance between excellence in study and sports, to enjoy the great support during my career from club officials, and even from my colleagues who were often forced to adjust the training times with the university’s end dates. ». He said that obtaining a master’s degree is a first step towards continuing and obtaining a doctorate.
He stressed that his nature as a committed person contributed to his success mathematically and studyly, and said: “When I enter the field, I put my focus on training and how to continue to reap the achievements with Sharjah, which is the same thing that I repeat when heading to the university, focusing only on academic matters, and this It enabled me to find the space for my house and family, so that my children often accompany me on matches. ”
He continued: «I sacrificed a lot of things to achieve these successes, whether on the academic or sports level, and perhaps the most prominent difficulties that I faced were in the first five years of work, and these successes would not have been achieved had it not been for the support that I found from club officials at the time, led by Issa Hilal Al-Hazami , Who has moved to the position of Secretary General of the Sharjah Sports Council, and who continues to support me in continuing my academic achievement in order to obtain a doctorate ».
Regarding the nature of the major in the master’s degree and the general direction of the doctorate, the disc said: “The specialty is the study of sociology with all its slides and criminal behavior, and I look forward to benefiting from this specialization when obtaining a doctorate in the sports field, in order to help the players on the psychological side.”
It is noteworthy that Ibrahim Al-Qurs, along with his local accomplishments with Sharjah, also won with the team on two occasions the bronze of the Asian Clubs Championship in its last two editions, in addition to crowning Sharjah's hand last December with its first title in the UAE-Bahraini Super Championship.
- The first to arrive in the handball team to an advanced level of study .. and prepare for a doctorate in the sports field.
He is 31 years old and finally won the hand league title with Sharjah. He is a father of 3 children.