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Aviation Business Awards 2020 – December 15th, 2020

13 Winners of the 14th Aviation Business Awards 2020 were presented at the gala at JW Mariott Marquis, Dubai.

Lifetime Achievement Award – Presented to : Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates
Pride of Aviation Award : Etihad Engineering
Airline of the Year : Emirates
Airport of the Year : Dubai International Airport
Low-cost Airline of the Year : Air Arabia
Environmental Initiative of the Year : Etihad Airways
Training Provider of the Year : Etihad Aviation Training
Fixed Base Operator of the Year : Jetex
Business Aircraft Operator of the Year : Empire Aviation Group
MRO Service Provider of the Year : Sanad Aerotech
Ground Support Service of the Year : Dnata
Technological Innovation of the Year : Honeywell
Engineering Achievement of the Year : Strata Manufacturing

source: aviationbusinessme.com

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Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Aviation Business Awards 2020. Image: ITP Media Group

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Dr. Elias Zerhouni – Scientist, Radiologist, Inventor and Entrepreneur

Dr. Elias Zerhouni (aka) Elias Adam Zerhouni. Scientist. Inventor. Entrepreneur. Researcher. Radiologist and bio-medical engineer.

Position/s:

President – Global Research and Development at pharmaceutical company – Sanofi (2011 – 2018)
Senior Fellow – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2009 – 2010)
President Obama appointed Dr. Zerhouni as ‘Presidential Science Envoy’ – (2009)
First immigrant to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in (2002 – 2008)
Executive Vice-Dean – Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine (1995-2002)

Awards:

Gold Medal for American Roentgen Ray Society
Gold Medal – Radiological Society of North America
2 awards – Paul Lauterbur Awards for MRI Research
Woodrow Wilson Award for services to the Johns Hopkins University
Ben Franklin Medal
etc….

Honours:

Elected to National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (2000)
Elected to National Academy of Engineering (2013)
Legion d’honneur for French National Order by President Nicolas Sarkozy (2008)
etc….

Entrepreneur : Co-Founder of

Computerized Imaging Reference Systems (CIRS) – (1982)
Advanced Medical Imaging (1989)
Biopsys Corporation
American Radiology Services (1996)
Surgivision Inc.

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AMERICAN / ALGERIAN-AMERICAN

Abu Dhabi Mina Plaza Demolishing Enters Guinness World Records. Gone in 10 secs : December 2020

MODON Properties, Abu Dhabi based integrated master-developer claimed a Guinness World Record title for controlled demolition of a 165.032m tall building, making it the ‘Tallest building demolished using explosives 13,227 pounds (6,000 kg) , all safely carried out.

A total of 144-floors, the 4-high rise towers were demolished in approximately 10-seconds through a controlled imploding using non-primary explosives placed in 18,000 drill holes within the structure.

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The Mina Plaza Towers / Openvibes by Safeer/YouTube / pix: interestingengineering.com

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Abu Dhabi , UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)

Yazeed Al-Rajhi – Saudi Businessman and Rally Driver

Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Business man. International Rally Driver.

Competes in World Rally Championships, Cross Country rallies and other rally events.

Established his own racing team – Al-Rajhi Racing Team (renamed) Yazeed Racing Team.

Some of his wins:

5 time Hail Rally Winner
Silk Way Rally (2018)
Saudi Desert Rally Championship (2019)
Al Sharqiya Rally (2018, 2019) etc…

Businessman:

Chairman of the Board – Mohammed Al-Rajhi Investment Company
Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Brothers Holding company
Member, Al-Rajhi Steel
Member, Mohammed Al- Rajhi Awqaf

Other Accompolishments:

First Saudi and Arab professional driver to win the Silk Way Rally (2018). The 6,700 miles rally took place in Russia (between July 21st and July 27th).
First Saudi to be selected by Unicef as ‘Goodwill Ambassador in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf’ (2008)
First Saudi to be appointed as ‘Donate life’ Ambassador (2009)
Awarded title ‘ Gentleman’ by Rotana magazine readers (2009)
Third in position by ‘Mobily and Riyadiah’ as ‘Most Distinguished Athlete in Saudi Arabia competion
Awarded title ‘Ambassador for Fighting Drugs in Saudi Arabia’ etc..

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SAUDI ARABIA

Egypt’s Tahya Misr Fund Breaks the Record for the ‘World’s Largest Humanitarian Aid Convoy : December 2020

Egypt’s Tahya Misr Fund sets a new record for the World’s Largest Aid Convoy with 470 trucks carrying food and other essentials on behalf of ‘The Long Live Egypt Fund’.

The Record was certified by Guinness World Records.

The convoy set off on November 20th, 2020 to poor villages in the 27 Egyptian governorates to distribute food. It had 1 million cartons of foodstuffs, 2,000 tons of poultry, 1 million blankets, over 500,000 items of clothing, 1,500 dialysis machines to serve 120,000 patients and 1,000 wheel chairs for distribution.

The cost of the ‘The Long Live Egypt Fund’ initiative had reached EGP 1 billion (USD 63.88 million) and is dedicated to serving 1 million citizens.

The previous record holder was the Netherlands with 416 trucks since 2004.

Another Record Broken:

The largest poultry donation convoy in the world

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EGYPT

Emirati Inventor Amer Al Jabri Wins International Honour. Silver Medal at Seoul : December 2020

Amer Al Jabri invented the award winning ‘E7 Reader’, a high-tech method to detect passport fraud. The E7 Reader scans a passport’s details and identifies fake/altered documents in less than 5 seconds.

He won a Silver Medal at the Seoul International Invention Fair 2020 held in December and had 700 participants from 45 countries.

Awards:

Ranked First in the Federal Authority for Identity & Citizenship (FAIC) Security Contest
Prince Naif Award for Arab Security
Ministry of Interion Excellence Award
Security Thought Award , USA (2018)

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)

Moroccan Achraf Hakimi – ‘Fastest Football Player’ in Bundesliga’s History : 2020

Achraf Hakimi Mouch (aka) Achraf Hakimi. Professional International Football Player.

The German Bundesliga football league has named the International Football player Achraf Hakimi as the fastest player in Germany with a record speed of 36.49 km/h (22.67 miles/h)

Achraf Hakimi plays as full-back for Serie A club – Inter Milan . He is on loan to Borussia Dortmund. He is also a key player in the National Football team of Morocco.

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pix; en.wikipedia.org / Hakimi with Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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MOROCCO. SPAIN

UAE Satellite ‘Falcon Eye 2’ launched into Space to mark UAE’s 49th National Day – December 02nd, 2020

UAE’s latest satellite Falcon Eye 2 lifted off into space on a Russian Soyuz ST-A rocket from French Guiana Space Centre, South America on December 02nd, 2020 at 0533am UAE time.

It is now the 4th reconnaissance satellite launched in the UAE.

The space craft will provide high-definition images from around the world for military and civilian use.

The 1,190 kilogram satellite was built by Airbus Defence & Space and Thales Alenia Space in Toulouse, France. The UAE Space Agency oversaw its development.

This was a part of the Falcon eye programme, where two identical satellites were built for the UAE Armed Forces.

The first was Falcon Eye 1 which was lost in space last year after the Italian Vega rocket that carried it failed.

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

First Tunisian Woman Referee to Make History by Overseeing a Top Tunisian Division League Match : Dorsaf Ganouati

Dorsaf Ganouti . Football Referee.

Dorsaf Ganouti became the first woman to make history in Tunisia by refereeing a top division men’s Tunisian league match in the city of Radee.

Stated her football career as a goal keeper
Started her refereeing in 2011
On FIFA’s list of International Referees since 2015
She is one of the three Tunisian women on FIFA’s list of International Referees

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TUNISIA

Bahrain’s Deena Rahman Breaks World Record in Football for ‘Taking The Most Penalties in 24 Hours : November 18th, 2020

Deena Rahman, Bahrain’s National Team mid-fielder breaks the World Record in Football for ‘Taking the Most Penalites in 24 Hours’.

Deena Rahman hammered home 7,876 penalties including facing 24 female goal-keepers, at the Kick Off Academy in Saar – smashing the previous record as a part of 2020’s Equal Playing Field’s (EPF)

.The challenge started on November 17th at 7am and ended 24-hours later at 7am on November 18th coinciding with Guinness World Record Day.

The previous record was held by Vickrant Mahajan in 24 hours with 1,111 penalties.

This was the 5th Guinness World Record held by Deena Rahman.

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BAHRAIN