Islam Abbaas is a Palestinian

Palestinian people

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-Jordan

Jordan

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ian professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. He is a member of the Jordan national basketball team

Jordan national basketball team

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Abbaas competed with the Jordanian team at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007

FIBA Asia Championship 2007

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 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009

FIBA Asia Championship 2009

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. In 2009, Abbaas helped the Jordanian team to a national best third place finish by averaging 4.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. The third place finish meant that Jordan

Jordan national basketball team

The Jordan national basketball team is the official basketball team of Jordan in international competitions. It is one of the top teams in Asia and is the defending champion of the 29th William Jones Cup....

 qualified for its first ever FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship

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Although Abbaas saw limited action off the bench for most of the 2009 tournament, he scored 23 points and grabbed a tournament-high 19 rebounds in only 23 minutes of action in a first round 105-47 win over Indonesia

Indonesia national basketball team

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