What is "al-ahly"

Al-Ahly or Al-Ahli is the Arabic for "national", and is the name of several sports clubs and organizations in the Arabic-speaking world:

Basketball

• Al Ahly (basketball club), Egypt
• Al-Ahli Jeddah (basketball), Saudi Arabia

Football

• Al Ahly SC, Egypt
• Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi), Libya
• Al-Ahli SC (Tripoli), Libya
• Al-Ahly Shendi, Sudan
• Al-Ahli SC (Saida), Lebanon
• Al Ahli SC (Doha), Qatar
• Al-Ahli Saudi FC, Saudi Arabia
• Al-Ahli SC (Amman), Jordan
• Al Ahli SC (Khartoum), Sudan
• Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani), Sudan
• Al-Ahli Club (Manama), Bahrain
• Al Ahli Club (Dubai), United Arab Emirates
• Al-Ahli Club Sana'a, Yemen, Sana'a
• Al-Ahli Taizz S.C., Yemen, Ta'izz

Other organizations

• Al Bank Al Ahli Al Omani, an Omani bank merged with BankMuscat in 1993