Ali Hijazi is a former Sierra Leonean international basketball

Basketball

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 player and the current manager of the Sierra Leone national basketball team

Sierra Leone national basketball team

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. He has been the coach of the national basketball team since 2004. Hijazi was born in Freetown

Freetown

Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean located in the Western Area of the country, and had a city proper population of 772,873 at the 2004 census. The city is the economic, financial, and cultural center of...

, the capital city of Sierra Leone to parents of Lebanese

Lebanese people

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 descent.

Hijazi is also a business man and the current exclusive agent of Phillip Morris. He is also known for being a great humanitarian by helping the war stricken people of Sierra Leone.

External links

• http://awoko.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,print,0&cntnt01articleid=2026&cntnt01showtemplate=false&cntnt01returnid=304
• http://www.africabasket.com/SLE/SLE.asp