April 2021 – Arabian Records (1st post : Eid Al Fitr – 01st Shawwal 1439 (AH) / 15th June 2018 ) / (BETA testing – Research

Ahmed Yahya – President of FFRIM , Mauritania

Ahmed Yahya is a businessman. At 44, Yahya is the youngest candidate in the bid for Africa’s big seat in football.

The head of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (FFRIM), a post he has held since 2011.

Achievements in football

Founded football club FC Nouadhibou in 1999 and served as President of the club until 2004. The club has won two cups and six national titles,
Elected as the President of FFRIM, 2011
Member of CAF’s Executive Committee since 2017. Yahya also sits on the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions.
CAF Awards – awarded as ‘The Continent’s Best Football Administrator ‘ 2017 by CAF (Confederation of African Football)
Under his FFRIM leadership, Mauritania qualified for the first time in history for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) under coach Corentin Martins (2018)
Mauritania was crowned CAF’s Team of the Year for 2018,
Mauritania selected a women’s team to represent the country for the first time (2019)
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, praised Yahya for role in developing both football and its infrastructure in Mauritania (2019)
Yahya was re-elected as the President of FFRIM in a landslide victory (2020)

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MAURITANIA

First Female Saudi Officers Guarding the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah : March 2020

The 113-strong all-female batch of military-trained officers stationed at the Prophet’s Mosque was created six months ago.

It is part of the homeland security branch of Saudi Arabia’s Special Security Forces.

The officers work round the clock in four teams of nearly 18 members each.

Women have also played their part in creating legislation and opening businesses and have taken a leading role in private-sector investment.

Saudi Arabia now has its first female professional racing driver, female ambassadors, female judges, and award-winning female filmmakers.

Female police officers joined the ranks of Makkah’s security force for the first time during last summer’s Hajj season, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

source/content : arabnews.com

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Dozens of female officers are currently deployed both in Makkah and Madinah, where they are providing security and managing worshippers at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque. (AN Photo/Huda Bashatah) / pix: arabnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Students Win 4 Medals at ‘International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad’ (IMChO) 2021

Four Saudi students, represented by The King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) and the Education Ministry, won the prestigious International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad (IMChO) 2021.

The students, Mohammed Al-Hadlaq, Mohammed Al-Hudaithi, Abdulaziz Al-Juaid, and Saeed Baghdadi, won bronze medals. The number of awards won by Saudi Arabia at the IMChO has now reached 18 — three silver and 15 bronze medals.

IMChO is a major international competition for students in chemistry. It started in the then-USSR as the All-Union Olympiad in Chemistry in 1967.

Now more than 30 countries participate in IMChO and an international jury of leading chemical scientists around the world make up the tasks for the Olympiad.

source/content : arabnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA

Tunisian-American Chemist Moungi Bawendi : MIT Professor

Dr. Moungi Bawendi is a Tunisian-American chemist.

He is the Lester Wolfe Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Moungi Bawendi is one of the original participants in the field of colloidal quantum dot research, and among the most cited chemists of the last decade.

This work has included: (1) the development of novel methods for synthesising, characterising, and processing quantum dots, magnetic nanoparticles, and tubular J-aggregates as novel materials building blocks, (2) studying fundamental optical and magnetic properties of nanostructures using a variety of spectroscopic methods, including the development of optical photon correlation tools to study single nanoscopic emitters, (3) incorporating quantum dots and magnetic particles into various optical and electronic device structures, and (4) developing nanoparticles and other agents for biomedical imaging.

Became a Clarivate Citation Laureate in 2020.
Received his A.B. in 1982 from Harvard University
Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1988, University of Chicago.
Two years of postdoctoral research at Bell Laboratories, working with Dr. Louis Brus, where he began his studies on nanomaterials.
Joined the faculty at MIT in 1990, becoming Associate Professor in 1995 and Professor in 1996.

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AMERICAN / TUNSIAN-AMERICAN

Arab Designer, Libyan Ibrahim Shebani

Ibrahim Shebani (Alshebani) . Fashion Designer

Founder of the ready-to-wear fashion label : ‘Born In Exile’ .

Ibrahim Shebani has set up an atelier near Bologna (Italy) and set up in Tunisia for manufacturing.

Awarded Designer of the Year ‘DOTM’ – by MAFT magazine.

Born in German, grew up mostly between Cairo and Libya. Lived in Paris for a year.

www.born-in-exile.com

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LIBYA

Dr. Tawhida Abdel-Rahman – First Female Doctor Working in the Government, Egyptian Health Ministry : 1933

Dr. Tawhida Abdel-Rahman was one of the first six girls, sent to England from Egypt to study medicine in 1922 based on King Fouad’s decision.

On her return she was appointed in ‘Kitchener Charitable Hospital – The General Hospital in Shubra, Government Health Ministry – making her the First Female Doctor working for the Egyptian Government Health Ministry.

She passed away in 1974.

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EGYPT

Dr Malik Badri, Founder and President – ‘International Association of Islamic Psychology (IAIP)

Professor Dr Malik Badri (aka) Malik Babikr Badri Mohammed Ph.D.

Founder and President – ‘International Association of Islamic Psychology (IAIP) (www.islamicpsychology.org)

First/s :

The first one who reminded many of modern Muslim psychologists not to be trapped in Western psychology ‘lizard hole’.
Founding father of Islamic Psychology
The First President of International Association of Muslim Psychologists (IAMP)

Education:

Ph.D – University of Leicester, England (1961)
Postgraduate Certificate of Clinical Psychology, Academic Department of Psychiatry Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London University (1966)
Fellow of the British Psychological Society (1977)
Holds the title of Chartered Psychologist, C.Psychol
Master’s degree, University of Leicester (1958)
Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, American University of Beirut (1956)
Honorary D.Sc. , Ahfad University

Honours:

Decorated by President of Sudan with Medal of Shahid Zubair
Chair of Ibn Khaldun, Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences,e International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).

Books :

Contemplation: An Islamic Psychospiritual Study
Abu Zayd al-Balkhi’s Sustenance of the Soul: The Cognitive Behavior Therapy of a Ninth Century Physician
Cultural Adaptation and Islamization of Psychology: A book of collected papers
Cyber-counseling for Muslim Clients
Islam and AIDS: Between scorn, pity and justice
Islamizing and Indigenizing Psychology
The AIDS crisis: A Natural Product of Modernity’s Sexual Revolution
The AIDS Dilemma: A Progeny of Modernity
The AIDS Crisis: an Islamic socio-cultural perspective
The Wisdom of Islam in Prohibiting Alcohol
Use and abuse of human sciences in Muslim Countries
Tafakkur from perception to insight
Psychology from an Islamic perspective
Islam and Alcoholism
General Psychology
Educational Psychology
The Psychology of Arab Children’s Drawings

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SUDAN

Sheikh Zayed Book Award – Winners,15th Edition: April 2021

The list of prize winners, organised by the Abu Dhabi Centre for the Arabic Language of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, included seven authors and researchers from Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and the US, in addition to a Lebanese publishing house.

Egyptian writer, Iman Mersal, won the Literature category for her book Fee Athar Enayat Al Zayyat (In the Footsteps of Enayat Al-Zayyat) that was published in 2019 by Al Kotob Khan Library.

Tunisian author, Mizouni Bannani, won the Children’s Literature award for his book Rehlat Fannan (An Artist’s Journey), published by Dar Al Mua’nasa Publishing in 2020.

The Translation award went to Impostures by Al-Hariri, translated from Arabic to English by Michael Cooperson from the USA, and published by Library of Arabic Literature in 2020.

The Literary and Art Criticism award went to Tunisian researcher, Khelil Gouia, for his book Masar Al Tahdeeth fe Al Fonoon Al Tashkelyah, men Al Orsomah ella Al Lawha (The Path of Modernisation in the Visual Arts, From Drawing to Painting), published by Med Ali Éditions in 2020.

The Contribution to the Development of Nations was awarded to Dr. Saeed El-masry from Egypt, for his book Turath Al Iste’ela’a bayn Al Folklor wa Al Majal Al Deeny (Legacy of Supremacy between Folklore and Religion), published by Batana Publishing & Distribution in 2019, .

Tahera Qutbuddin from the USA won the Arab Culture in Other Languages award for her book Arabic Oration: Art and Function, published by Brill Publishers in 2019.

The Young Author category was won by Dr. Asma Muqbil Awad Alahmadi from Saudi Arabia for the study Eshkalyat Al Thaat Al Saredah Fee Al Rwayah Al Nesaayah Al Saudiah (The Problems of the Narrated Self in the Saudi Feminist Novel (1999 – 2012) (Critical Study), published by Arab Scientific Publishers Inc. in 2020.

Dar Al Jadeed from Lebanon won the Publishing and Technology award, in recognition of its role in shedding light on long-forgotten topics in Arab publishing, as well as its contributions to the Arabic library with science books and linguistic and intellectual studies.

source/content : wam.ae

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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)

GB’s – Top 5 Most Powerful Arabs in Kuwait : April 2021

The highest ranked Arabs originating from Kuwait in Gulf Business’ annual Arab power list.

Kuwaiti nationals ranked as the fourth largest group in the Gulf Business’ annual Arab Power list for 2021, with six entries.

1. Mohammed Alshaya
Executive chairman, Alshaya Group

Sector: Retail / Overall rank: 36 / 2020 rank: 30

2. Kutayba Yusuf Alghanim
Executive chairman, Alghanim Industries

Sector: Diversified / Overall rank: 41

3. Mohammad Saud Al-Osaimi
CEO, Boursa Kuwait

Sector: Finance / Overall rank: 42 / 2020 rank: 42

4. Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi
Vice chairman and CEO, Zain Group

Sector: Telecoms / Overall rank: 43 / 2020 rank: 41

5. Tarek Sultan
CEO and vice chairman, Agility

Sector: Logistics / Overall rank: 71 / 2020 rank: 71

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KUWAIT

Saudi Arabia – Celebrates ‘National Cultural Awards ‘- 32 Honoured : April 2021

The National Culture Awards Ceremony kicked off with a bang in Riyadh, honoring 32 Saudi cultural figures in 14 categories.

Sponsored by the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman over 14 categories were awarded in cultural pioneering, youth cultural, cultural institutions, film, music, fashion, national heritage, literature, theater and performing arts, visual art, architecture and design, culinary arts, publishing, and translation.

14 cultural awards winners:

The Cultural Pioneer of the Year Award: H.E. Shaikh Mohammed Nasser Alaboudy
Youth Cultural Award: Winning first place is Shahad Saeed Amin for her films including “Lady of the Sea” and “Scales” that Saudi Arabia’s film authority nominated for best international film in the Academy Awards.
Cultural Institutions Award: First place in the private sector track is King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), First place in the Non-Profit sector track is Saudi Heritage Preservation Society, and winning first place in the Social responsibility track is the Ketabi Lak Application.
Film Award: In first place is Shahad Saeed Amin
Fashion Award: In first place Lomar, in second place Yousef Mohammed Akbar,and in third place Arwa Abdullah Alammari
Music Award: In first place Zaina Emad Swelleh,in second place Akram Ibrahim Almattar, and in third place Reem Fahad Altamimi.
National Heritage Award: In first place Abdulaziz Abdullah Aldakheel, in second place Dr. Hisham Ali Mortada ,and in third place Torathuna Social Responsibility Company.
Literature Award: In first place is Abdulaziz Saleh Alsagabi, in second place Magbool Moussa Alalawi, and in third place Amal Saleh Alharbi.
Theater and Performing Arts Award: In first place Sami Abdullatif Algamaan and in second place Yasser Yahya Madkhli.
Visual Arts Award: in first place Lolowah Abdulrazzaq Alhomoud ,in second place Danah Abdulrahim Awratani, and in third place Ahmad Sami Angawi.
Architecture and Design Award: A winner was not selected as the submissions did not meet the requirements.
Culinary Arts Award: In first place Rakan Ibrahim Aloraifi, in second place ZADK Culinary Academy, and in third place Norah Abdulwahab Albadran
Publishing Award: In first place was Obeikan Publishing and Translation, second place Kadi and Ramadi for Publishing and Distribution, and in third place Dar Athar for Publishing and Distribution.
Translation Award: In first place Abdallah Mohammed Idris, in second place Sultan Nasser Almujaiwel, and in third place Bander Mohammed Alharbi.

source/content : arabnews.com

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Sheikh Muhammad bin Nasser Al-Aboudi was given the Cultural Personality of the Year award. (Supplied) / pix: arabnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA