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The two private schools that have been named to the world rankings of ‘Top 100 Private Schools ‘are: Cranleigh Abu Dhabi and Dubai College.
In yet another classification for the ‘Top 5 Private Schools in the Middle East Region’ , 3 more that are named in addition to the above two: Brummana High School (Lebanon), Doha College (Qatar) and King’s Academy (Jordan).
The rankings are based on a new league table ‘ Spear’s School Index 2020’.
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Cranleigh Abu Dhabi has been selected as one the world’s top 100 private schools. Courtesy: Cranleigh Abu Dhabi / pix: thenational.ae
– Director General and Group CEO – ADNOC / Chairman – MASDAR / Chairman – UAE National Media Council / Chairman of the Board – Abu Dhabi Ports / Chairman of the Board – Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation (ADMIC) / Chairman – Sky News Arabia ….
On the Board of several Organisations etc..
International:
UN’s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC) – 2009
UAE’s Special Envoy for Energy and Climate Change – 2010
Honours:
Named one of UN’s ‘Champions of the Earth’ – Category: Entrepreneurial Vision (2012)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) – 2013
Medal of National Order of Merit – Mauritania – 2013
Education:
Ph.D – Business and Economics, Coventry University, UK
M.BA -California State University, Los Angeles
BS – Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California
Others:
Advocate of Alternative Energy Sustainable Development
Chairman Mansour Group (The Mansour Group controls 9 of Egypt’s top Fortune 500 companies)
Business Highlights:
Distributors for General Motors : Egypt, Iraq and Libya
Distributors of Caterpillar : Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda
McDonald’s Franchises in Egypt
Distributors for IBM, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Compac
Distributors for : Marlboro, Merit, LM
METRO – largest supermarket chain in Egypt. Established their own brand.
Investment subsidiary : Man Capital, London
-Other Highlights
-Served as Egypt’s Minister of Transport (2006-2009)
Education:
-Engineering Degree, North Carolina University (1968)
-MBA : Auburn University (1971) and taught there until 1973
Board & Advisory :
-Board Member – Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, George Town University / Board Member – George Washington School of Business Advisory Board / Member – International Advisory Board of Coca Cola / Member – The Egyptian Stock Exchange / Member – The Social Fund for Development / Trustee of the American University of Cairo / Chairman – Egypt-US Business Council etc..
UAE’s ‘Hope or Emirates Mars Mission’ was launched heading for Mars.
A rocket carrying a Mars Hope Explorer developed at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai took off. The historical event also marked the 50th anniversary of the Founding of the UAE.
It is expected to travel 493.5 million kilometres over 9 months to reach orbit around Mars in 2021. It will stay 20,000 to 40,000 Km above Mars and orbit the planet every 55 hours.
The H2A rocket carrying the Hope Explorer lifted off from Tanogashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Successfully launched by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
A U.S-Israeli official delegation led by Jared Kushner, Senior Adviser to US President Donald Trump, arrived at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi on August 31st, 2020.
The first Israeli commercial plane on which the word ‘peace’ was printed in Arabic, English and Hebrew above its cockpit window landed in UAE.
The flight was numbered after UAE’s International dialing code and the return flight set to leave Abu Dhabi is El Al 972 which is Israel’s dialing code.
Nancy Ajram (Nancy Nabil Ajram). Singer. Television Judge. Businesswoman. Philanthropy.
With this record Nancy Ajram has outperformed major singers Fairuz and the late Umm Kulthum.
Nancy came at the top of a list as the ‘Most Listened’ to female artist on the Spotify platform, after she achieved more than 100 million plays of her songs, followed by Fairuz with 67 million plays, then Egyptian songstress Sherine Abdel Wahab with 26 million plays, then Iraqi artist Aseel Hamim with 22 million plays.
In addition, the list includes the following artists; Yara, Elissa, Najwa Karam, Assala Nasri, Haifa Wehbe, Carole Samaha, Samira Said, and finally the late Umm Kulthum known as “Kawkab Al Sharq” with 7.6 million.
Judge on MBC’s reality talent show ‘ Arab Idol’ (2003 onwards)
Records :
-Nancy Ajram has previously won many international awards, including World Music Award for the highest sales in the Middle East.
-Over 30 million records have been sold world wide, making her one of the best selling Middle Eastern music artists.
-First and only female spokesperson of Coca-Cola in the Arab World.
-UNICEF’s First Female Regional Ambassador for Middle East and North Africa (October 22nd, 2009)
-Listed on ‘One of the Most Powerful Arabs’ by Arabian Business (several times) / Listed on ‘Most Influential Arabs’ – by Newsweek
Awards:
More than 25 or so. Check wikipedia.com for the list
Kahramaa (Qatar General Electric and Water Corporation) entered the Guinness Book of Records for the category – ‘Volume of the Largest Water Tank of its Kind in the World’.
It has 436,000 cubic meters (exceeding 96 million imperial gallons) capacity.
Qatar’s new world record reflects the efficiency and its strategy to enhance water security for its nation.
