A year later, Ali and his wife had their second child, Rayaan. Last June, the former leader of Retribution took to Twitter to announce that he and his wife were expecting their third child.
"New addition to the crew december 2021," he wrote.
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In November 2021, Uzma gave birth to the couple's third child, Dua. Dua is an Arabic word meaning "prayer." In an Instagram post, Ali revealed why they chose that name for their daughter.
"We named her Dua because we prayed really hard for her," he wrote.
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Ali last competed in 2021 when he lost to Drew McIntyre on the October 29 episode of SmackDown.
Last month, the former police officerrequested his release on Twitter. In his post, he stated that he has "a message that is much bigger than his dreams in professional wrestling," disclosing that he would not be capable of delivering it while working in WWE. Nevertheless, the company refused to grant his release.
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Ahmed Hamdy
Ahmed Hamdy is an Egyptian journalist with a decade of experience in sports journalism, specializing in pro wrestling and football.
Hamdy kicked off his career as a sports reporter for Al-Ahram Weekly. He then became a producer/reporter for Mal Masr TV program on the Egyptian channel ON TV. In the following years, Hamdy worked as a reporter for several international news outlets, including Deutsche Welle (Germany), As-Safir (Lebanon), and Al-Monitor (U.S.A).
In 2014, Hamdy joined leading Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, where he is now a Senior Sports Editor. In addition to all that, the Egyptian also worked as a sports editor for Sport360 and feature writer for Manshoor.com.
Hamdy has covered several sports events throughout the past few years, including WWE's tour in Egypt and the 2019 African Cup of Nations.
The experienced journalist joined Sportskeeda's pro wrestling feature writers team in early 2021. Since then, his work has managed to get millions of reads.