Bouchra Karboubi. Professional Football Referee.
Historical moment for Women’s Football in Morocco. Bouchra Karboubi lead as the Central Referee in a ‘ Botola Pro 1’ a Top-tier Professional League game in Morocco.
-2018 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) selected Bouchra Karboubi among the ‘Elite A’ or First Class Category Referees
-2016 -Appointed as International Referee
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MOROCCO
Fadi Ghandour. Business Leader. Entrepreneur. Philanthropist.
-Co-Founder : Aramex . The Middle East’s First courier company with operations beginning from Jordan, 1982. First Arab company to be listed on Nasdaq Stock Exchange.
-Co-Founder or Maktoob.com, later acquired by Yahoo! for USD 85 million dollars (2010).
-Executive Chairman – Wamda Ventures
-Managing Partner – MENA Venture Investments
Non-Profit:
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JORDAN – LEBANON
Suliman S. Olayan (aka) Sulaiman Saleh Olayan. Business Leader. Entrepreneur. Investor. Philanthropist.
Founder of the Olayan Group
Among the group’s international partners are :
Alpha Graphics , BP Solar , Credit Suisse , Carrefour , HSBC, JP Morgan , Chase Manhattan, Coca-Cola, Bechtel , Morgan Stanley , Goldman Sachs, Kimberly-Clark, Sama Airlines , Colgate-Palmolive , CS First Boston , Toshiba, Xerox, Burger King, Kraft Foods, Baxter International , Occidental Petroleum , Cardinal Health, Scania AB, Texas Chicken , and much more.
www.olayan.com
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SAUDI ARABIA
Djilali Mehri. Business Leader . Connoiseur of Arts. Philanthropy.
Political:
Arts:
www.groupe-mehri.com
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ALGERIA
Imaam Hammam – Fashion Model.
Imaam opened and closed the Italian label ‘Moschino’ pre-fall show collection in New York. Moschino typically opens in Italy but made an exception this time.
Honors:
-Appeared on the Covers of Vogue magazine – a record 18 times (4 times Vogue US edition)
-Model of the Year competition – Couturesque magazine – (April 2016)
-Hammam has walked the runways for nearly every top brand including Burberry , Alexander McQueen ,Givenchy , Marc Jacobs, [Maison Margiela] , Prada , Michael Kors, Moschino, Chanel, DKNY , Jean Paul Gaultier , Hugo Boss, Nina Ricci , Jacquemus , Giambattista Valli , Isabel Marrant , Dsquared2 , Lanvin , Stella McCartney , Oscar de la Renta , Dolce & Gabbana , Alberta Ferretti , Derek Lam , Ralph Lauren, Carolina Herrera , Thierry Mugler, rag+bone , Emanuel Ungaro, Roberto Cavalli , Valentino , Balenciaga, Hermes, Tommy Hilfiger, Diane Von Furstenberg, Anna Sui, Vera Wang, Versace, Fendi , Proenza Schouler, Anna Sui, Tom Ford , Dior , Sportmax , Philipp Plein , Brandon Maxwell and Victoria’s Secret.
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NETHERLANDS (Holland) / MOROCCAN-EGYPTIAN
Ahmad Abughaush. Taekwondo Athlete.
Jordan’s first-ever athlete to win the country’s first Olympic medal – a Gold medal. Ahmad Abughaush defeated 3-London Olympic 2012 Olympic medallists to win the gold at the Rio Olympics, Rio de Janeiro 2016.
First Taekwando athlete in the Arab world to win Gold in Taekwando.
Awards:
-2019 -World Championships, Manchester – Silver
– 2018 – Asian Games, Jakarta – Bronze
– 2017 -Universiade, Taipei – Bronze // Grand Prix, London – Gold // Grand Prix, Moscow – Bronze // World Championships, Muji – Bronze
– 2016 – Olympics, Rio de Janeiro – Gold
– 2012 – Best Jordanian Athlete Award – by Jordan Olympic Committee – Gold
– 2010 – Taekwondo World Championship for Juniors , Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt – Gold
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JORDAN / PALESTINE
Fahad Badar. Business Leader. Adventurer. High Altitude Climber. Mountaineer.
Business Leader : Executive General Manager, Chief – International Banking – Commercial Bank of Qatar-
Some Records:
Education:
-MBA : Durham University, U.K.
www.fahadbadar.com
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QATAR
Rami Malek (aka) Rami Said Malek. Actor and Producer. Philanthropy.
Awards/ Honours:
-First Actor of Egyptian heritage to wn an ‘Academy Award’ for Best Actor.
-Named as ‘one of the 100 most influential people in the world TIME magazine (2019)
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AMERICAN / EGYPT
Darin Hachem – Fashion Designer
Co-Founder – ‘Darin Hachem’ label . Milan, Italy. Alongwith Mexican Fernando Gallardo.
Education:
-Central Saint Martins, London
-Masters Degree in Fashion Design, Womens Wear – Instituto Marangoni, Italy
www.darinhachem.com
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LEBANESE
Hadi Souan (aka) Hadi Soua’an Al-Somaily wins a Silver medal in 400m hurdles and brings Saudi Arabia’s First Olympic Medal Victory – 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia.
He has won over 40 medals. Some of them are:
Records:
Positions / Honours:
-Board member – Saudi Arabian Athletic Federation (SAAF) / -Board Member – Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) Assembly / -Member, Olympic Council of Asian Athletic Commission / -Member – Saudi Sports Arbitration Centre / – Member -International Relations Committee, Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee (SAOC) etc.
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SAUDI ARABIA