Like many Saudi Arabian men, Ibrahim avidly follows English football, often joining friends at cafes screening Premier League matches in his home city of Jeddah.
The 39-year-old television executive is gay in a kingdom where homosexuality is punishable by death.
As such, it is a source of quiet hope, he says, that the football world is trying to eliminate homophobia, at least in the West.
In addition to local side Al-Ittihad, he supports Chelsea and sometimes watches the English club on TV at the Fiori Lounge in the Red Sea city’s Al Khalidiyyah district.