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Full STEAM Ahead — an education project developed in response to COVID-19 by the Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — took top honors at the 2020 Reimagine Education Awards in the category for innovation in kindergarten–grade 12 (K–12) education.
J-WEL was co-founded by MIT and Community Jameel, an international organization tackling some of the world’s most urgent challenges, using a pioneering approach grounded in evidence, science, data and technology.
Pediatric Residency : Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore
Fellowship Residency in Pediatric Nephrology : Georgetown University Medical Center
Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics
Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
Positions:
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephropathy, Georgetown University
President, American Foundation for Saint George Hospital
Member – ALSAC / St. Jude Childrens’ Research Hospital Leadership Council
Barakat Syndrome :
In 1977, Barakat and co-authors J.B. D’Albora, M.M. Martin, and P.A. Jose described four siblings with familial nephrosis , nerve deafness , and hypoparathyroidism. This syndrome is now known as Barakat Syndrome
Barakat syndrome is an inherited condition characterized by hypoparathyroidism, sensorineural hearing loss, and renal (kidney) disease. Most cases have been attributed to a mutation on chromosome 10p which affects the GATA3 gene. Inheritance is likely autosomal dominant. Treatment is symptomatic and supportive (source: wikipedia)
Awards and Honors :
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Best Doctors in America
Guide to America’s Top Pediatricians
Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World
Books :
Barakat, Amin Y; et al. (1986). The Kidney in Genetic Disease. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Barakat, Amin Y. (1990). Renal Disease in Children: Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Amin J. Barakat and Russell W. Chesney, editors. (2009). Pediatric Nephrology for Primary Care. Amer Academy of Pediatrics.
Amin J Barakat and H. Gil Rushton, editors. Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract: Clinical Implications in Children. Switzerland, Springer, 2016.
In 2007, Barakat edited the Arabic edition of the American Academy of Pediatrics’s Caring For Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5. Beirut, AllPrints. (source: wikipedia)
December 18th. Since 2012. When the UN decided to adopt it as its 6th official language.
The Arabic language is a pillar of the cultural diversity of humanity.
It is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, used daily by more than 290 million people.
World Arabic Language Day is celebrated every year on 18 December since 2012.
The date coincides with the day in 1973 that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted Arabic as the sixth official language of the Organization.
Message from the Director – General
“Arabic is a bridge between cultures and across borders – a true language of diversity. (…) on this international day, UNESCO will celebrate and explore the role of Arabic language academies. Not only do these institutions preserve, enrich and enhance the Arabic language, they also help monitor its use in conveying accurate information in the context of global current events.”
— Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO
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The poster for World Arabic Language Day is an artwork of the Tunisian calligrapher Karim Jabbari which illustrates the following piece of poetry
“He who imbued languages with the highest qualities Bequeathed to Arabic the secret of beauty“
Co-authored by Bahia Shehab, Professor of Practice at American University in Cairo and Haytham Nawar , Artist and Academic also of the American University in Cairo.
Bahia Shehab is also the Founder of the University’s Graphic Design Programme.
The book is scheduled to be released by the American University in Cairo Press in December 2020.
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Advertisements for Bastos cigarettes and the Shell Oil Company, both designed by the Algerian artist Omar Racim (Illustrations from A History of Arab Graphic Design). / pic: al-fanarmedia.org
Fartuun Adan and Ilwan Elman were awarded the ‘Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity 2020’ for their efforts to help former child soldiers in Somalia.
The prize includes an USD 1 million grant.
They also run the :
-Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre, Somalia / – Sister Somali Project : Somalia’s first rape crisis center / – School for Girls ‘ Girls Leadership Academy’
-They also run a Program ‘Drop the Gun, pick up the pen’
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Fartuun Adan (right) and Ilwad Elman, the mother and daughter named winners of this year’s $1 million Aurora Prize for their efforts to help former child soldiers and others in their native Somalia.(Kris Connor/Getty Images) / npr.org
Dr Ahmed Almheri, Physicist was awarded the ‘New Horizons Physics Prize’ for his research on black holes in space. The award is founded by ‘The Breakthrough Foundation’ USA.
He is currently a long-term member in the ‘School of Natural Science’. Doing his post-docotral studies in Physics at ‘Institute for Advance Studies (IAS), Princeton University.
First Emirati to be accepted for the post-doctoral studies at Princeton University, University of California.
Education:
-Ph.D – Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
– M.A. – University of California, Santa Barbara
– B.Sc/B.A – University of Toronto
Awards:
-New Horizons Physics Prize (2020)
-Lancaster Dissertation Award in Mathematics, Physics, Sciences and Engineering (2014)
-Member Martin Hairer ‘Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics’
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics / pix: youtube.com
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
Founder and Director of ICAP at Columbia University. Director – Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiologic Research ‘CIDER’ at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Professor at Columbia University.
Dr. El-Sadr joined the faculty of Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1988 and become a professor of epidemiology and medicine at the Mailman School of Public Health, of which she is an alumna.
In 2013, she was appointed University Professor, Columbia’s highest academic honor.
She also holds the Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair in Global Health, and is the director of the Global Health Initiative at the Mailman School.
Awards & Honours :
-Dr Wafaa El-Sadr received the MacArthur Prize from the MacArthur Foundation (2008)
–Rolling Stone magazine named her to its list of “100 People Who Are Changing America” .(2009)
-Named as one of the ” 10: Guiding Science for Humanity” of “Scientific American” (2008)
-Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Medicine .
– “Utne Reader” named Wafaa El-Sadr, one of the “50 visionaries who are changing your world. ” (2009)
