2007 Arab Games
th arab game took place cairo egypt – november total country participated event game largest game history seven new event introduced athlete participated previous year making arab athlete also first time arab football federation participated first team opening ceremony started egyptian singer tamer hosny singing new song arab unity entrance several arab leader hosni mubarak including sudanese president omar hassan albashir palestinian president mahmoud abbas yemeni president ali abdullah saleh iraqi president jalal talabani saudi crown prince sultan bin abdul aziz followed entrance participating team opening word given several arab sport federation chief secretary general arab league amr moussa ended egyptian president mubarak opening word ceremony divided eight part started narration abraham trip desert founding kaaba thus mecca arab unity islam stressed power word quran showed several dance showing arab literature art showed performance explaining arab leadership philosophy mathematics astronomy medicine gardening music throughout performance several arab scientist poet philosopher mathematician traveller mentioned well several verse quran helped arab achieve glorious achievement ceremony wrapped egyptian national anthem arab song called amgad ya arab glory arab athletics table tennis volleyball weightlifting host nation egypt alphabetical order official mascot game bastet whose name derived ancient egyptian goddess bast mascot bastet black cat headscarf ancient egyptian style striped egypt flag official website english