The Dubai Mall , the second Largest Shopping Centre in the World : November 2018

The second largest shopping centre in the world by total land area and is situated in Downtown Dubai, UAE

Dubai Mall has 4 levels, an internal floor area 548,127 square metres. 1,200 retail outlets and over 160 food and beverage outlets.

The Mall includes an acquariam, Olympic size ice rink, 22 screen cineplex.

Developed by Emaar Properties

Additional World Records:

Within the Mall there are several world records to be listed individually

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Moncef Slaoui appointed by US President Trump to Lead Covid-19 Vaccine Team : May 2020

Moncef Slaoui (aka) Moncef Mohamed Slaoui, immunology expert, has been appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump to head up the U.S. Government’s development of vaccine to treat coronavirus disease in ‘ Operation Warp Speed ‘.

Last Post Held:

  • Head of GlaxoSmithKline’s Vaccine Department

Education :

  • Ph.D – Molecular biology and Immunology – Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  • MBA – International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne,
  • M.S. – Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  • B.S. – Biology – Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Awards / Honours:

  • Honorary Doctorate of Science – Gettysburg College (2017)
  • ’25 of the Most Influential People in Biopharma Today’ – by FierceBiotech (2012)
  • ‘The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ – by Fortune (2010)
  • ‘World’s Top 100 Medicine Makers’ – by The Medicine Makers (2018)

Books/ Papers Published:

Several

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American / Belgian-American / Moroccan

Burj Khalifa, Holds 7 of the World’s Records : Dubai, UAE

Burj Khalifa is the World’s Tallest Building. A living wonder.

At over 828 metres (8,216 feet) and more than 160 stories. It holds the following world records.

WORLD RECORDS:

  • Tallest building in the world
  • Tallest free-standing structure in the world
  • Highest number of stories in the world
  • Highest occupied floor in the world
  • Highest outdoor observation deck in the world
  • Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world
  • Tallest service elevator in the world

Emaar Properties PJSC is the master developer of Burj Khalifa.

www.burjkhalifa.ae

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Dubai / United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Abbas El Gamal Wins ‘Claude E Shannon Award’ : 2012

Dr. Abbas El Gamal – Electrical engineer wins several awards and one of amongst them listed above.

Best known for his works on network information theory, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) and CMOS imaging sensors and systems.

Work :

  • Chair – Department of Electrical Engineering , Stanford University
  • Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Stanford University
  • Director – Information Systems Laboratory, Stanford University
  • Assistant Professor – Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Education :

  • Ph.D :
  • M.S : Statistics
  • M.S: Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
  • B.S (Hons) : Cairo University, Egypt

Awards :

  • 2016 IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
  • 2014 Viterbi Lecture, University of Southern California
  • 2013 Shannon Memorial Lecture, UCSD
  • 2013 Member of the National Academy of Engineering
  • 2012 Claude E. Shannon Award , IEEE Information Theory Society
  • 2000 Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Books :

Network Information Theory, (Cambridge University Press, 2011) – with Young-Han Kim

Business :

  • LSI Corporation – Director – 1984
  • Actel Corporation – Co-Founder – 1986
  • Silicon Architects – Founder – 1990
  • Pixim Inc – Co-Founder – 1998
  • InscoPix – Co-Founder – 2011

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American / American-Arab / Egyptian-American

Gevora Hotel, Dubai. Tallest Hotel in the World. February 2018

Gevora Hotel, Dubai, UAE is the tallest hotel in the world, as a single building. Opened its doors on February 12th, 2018.

Gevora measures 356 metres in height. It is one-metre taller than JW Mariott Marquis. Houses 528 rooms, range of health facilities, Spas and five restaurants.

Developed by Al Attar Properties, Dubai

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Saudi Arabia Ranks 4th Globally – Usage of 5G Technology : May 2020

Saudi Arabia ranks fourth globally in the use of 5G technology and 10th in internet speed.

Findings were presented by Deputy Minister for Technology, Industry & Digital Capacity, Ministry of Communicaion and Information, Dr. Ahmed Al-Theneyan – at the webinar ‘Digital Lanterns’ event launched by Makkah Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

The Kingdom jumped from 150th to 10th place globally in terms of internet speed.

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Saudi Arabia

Lebanese Restaurant ‘Leila’ named ‘One of the Best New Eateries in America’

Leila, a Detroit (MI) based Lebanese restaurant founded by Samy Eid.

  • One of the Best New Eateries in America – GQ magazine in their ‘ GQ’s Best New Restaurants in America for 2020 . (GQ was formerly Gentleman’s Quarterly)

Earlier by :

  • 2020 Detroit Free Press ‘Restaurant of the Year ‘.

www.leiladetroit.com

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USA / Lebanese-American / Lebanon

Hamad Port, Qatar – New Record ‘Deepest Artificial Port Basin created on Land’ – September 2019

Hamad Port, of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Qatar – achieves yet another milestone as the ‘Deepest Artificial Port Basin created on Land’.

Hamad Port is the gateway to Qatar’s world trade. The Port’s basin is 4 km long, 700 m wide and 17 m deep.

Guinness World Record issued the certification on September 09th, 2019

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Doha, Qatar

Dubai achieves – World’s First 3-D Printed Commercial Building : February 2020

Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) achieved the Guinness World Record title.

The building measures 6 metres (20 feet high), 36.57m (120 feet) long and 12.19m (40 feet) wide and was created on only one printer.

The building took 17 days to print and 3 months to build.

It it planned to be the home of the ‘Dubai Future Academy’ (DFAc), Dubai, UAE

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Saudi Arabia holds ‘ World Record for Seawater Desalination ‘ : Feb 2018

‘The Saline Water Conversion Corporation’ owned by the Ministry of Water & Electricity, Saudi Arabia – holds the world record for Seawater Desalination.

Thus reinforcing the Kingdom’s position as a world leader in desalination development.

The Saline Water Conversion Corporation produces 5 million cubic meters of water a day. The confirmation certificate was issued by Guinness Book of World Records in February 2018.

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Saudi Arabia