Ghani Souleymane

Running for Charity

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Hosted by

Shirin Zemmo

Co-Host

Melwyn Abraham

About Souleymane Ghani

Real Life Superman

Souleymane Ghani is a 37-year-old athlete/superhuman who has a passion for pushing himself to the limit. He moved to Dubai from Togo in 2016 and started his sales associate position at Puma Middle East. Around the same time that year, he really got into running. In the month of November 2020, Ghani decided to challenge himself and ran 45-kms every day for the 30-day Dubai Fitness Challenge.

Apart from running, Ghani enjoys many other sports and activities, such as playing football, volleyball, hiking, training at the gym as well as volunteering with kids of determination at the Heroes of Hope organization in Dubai.

About this Episode

In this episode we talk to Souleymane about the last four exciting years of his life since his move to Dubai, his passion for running marathons, and why he loves life in general. We dive into his accomplishments to date and his prosperities for the new year. If you are wondering what a real-life superman looks like, tune into this episode to have your mind blown about what this extraordinary man does every day of his life.

“I always tell people, you have to be thankful for waking up healthy every day and being able to express yourself.”
Souleymane Ghani

“I knew I didn’t have the financial means to be able to help the kids at Heroes of Hope like I wanted to, but I decided to use the gift that God has given me and raise money for them during the Dubai Fitness Challenge.”

– Souleymane Ghani

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At Heroes of Hope, we try to involve them in all the activities, we don’t want the kids to think they have limitations. - Souleymane Ghani Click To Tweet

“I chose different running locations for the challenge because I wanted everyone to be able to join me. I wanted people to know that wherever you are, you can do the Dubai Fitness Challenge.”

Souleymane Ghani