Abdoulaye Ousmane. Professional Footballer.
Plays as defender for the Ligue 1 Club – Strasbourg
Also represents the Mauritanian National Team internationally.
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FRENCH / MAURITANIAN
Lamia El Aaraje – Politician
On June 6, Sunday – the Moroccan-French Lamia El Aaraje was elected as deputy to Paris’ 15th district. The French National Assembly after the second round of by-elections on Sunday.
The arrondissement, often referred to as Menilmontant, is situated on the right bank of the Seine River. It contains two of the city’s cosmopolitan districts, notably its namesake, Menilmontant, and Belleville.
A Doctor of Pharmacy, she has been previously elected as municipal councilor and counselor of Paris in the 20th arrondissement in 2020.
She holds the Socialist Party’s only seat in the French National Assembly.
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FRENCH / FRENCH-MOROCCAN
The Rasmala Group announced the acquisition of a TESCO Superstore (“Asset”) located in Hattersley, Manchester for GBP 28.6m (US$40m).
Developed in 2012, the Asset comprises a modern 100,365 sq ft net sales area supermarket with a dedicated customer car park and a petrol station.
The Asset is being acquired by the Rasmala Long Income Fund with an unexpired lease term of 15.8 years and will be financed via a GBP 17.1m Sharia-compliant debt facility provided by Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank.
The Rasmala Group has invested over GBP 530m ($750m) in UK real estate, private equity, financial services and tech, in partnership with Gulf investors with plans to invest a further GBP1 billion.
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UNITED ARAB EMIRTATES / MANCHESTER, U.K.
Hannibal Mejbri, Professional Footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Tunisia national team.
The 18-year-old midfielder has picked up the Denzil Haroun trophy at the Aon Training Complex after being a key part of Neil Wood’s youthful side in Premier League 2.
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FRANCE / TUNISIA
Toni Breidinger. Professional stock car racing driver.
She is the all-time winningest female in United States Auto Club (USAC) history with 19 wins. Already made the record books for being a 19-time United States Auto Club (USAC) race champion.
Toni Breidinger will become the first female Arab-American driver to compete in a NASCAR national series.
www.tonibreidinger.com / www.breidingermotorsports.com
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AMERICAN / LEBANESE-AMERICAN
Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah, MBchB, FRCS (Plast)
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sitra is a multi-award-winning Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, with a worldwide reputation as one of the world’s leading specialists in Craniofacial surgery (facial deformities), aesthetic surgery, cleft lip and palate surgery and trauma related injuries.
He completed his medical education at the University of Glasgow and went on to do his postgraduate residency training in London.
After completing his Specialist Registrar training in London he was awarded a Fellowship in Paediatric Craniofacial Surgery and a Fellowship in Cleft Surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Kids and a further fellowship in Trauma Reconstruction at the Royal London Hospital.
In 2010 he was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Plastic Surgery).
In 2011 he took on the role of Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery at the Middle East’s leading medical facility, the prestigious American University of Beirut Medical Center. In 2015 he became a founding director of the Conflict Medicine Program –The Global Health Institute at the American University of Beirut.
Publications:
Several and Profusely, on all aspects of facial surgery and the treatment of conflict related injuries.
www.drghassanabusittah.com
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BRITISH / BRITISH-PALESTINAN
Younes Bendjima. ex-boxer. Model.
Walked the runaway for Givenchy. As well as at the Milan Fashion Week (Feb 2016), etc…
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FRENCH / ALGERIAN-FRENCH
Saba Anglana . Italian TV actress. International Singer.
Saba is an actress on Italian television. In a popular local TV series entitled La Squadra, she played a policewoman of dual Somali-Italian heritage.
Saba released her first studio album entitled Jidka: The Line, (2007) in which she mixes the traditional sounds of her native Somalia with contemporary Italian.
www.sabaanglana.com
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ITALIAN / SOMALI-ITALIAN
Zeena Zaki. Haute couture Fashion Designer. Entrepreneur. Own label ‘Julea Domani’.
Launched her first fashion atelier in Dubai, UAE in 2003. Zaki launched her first collection at the Dubai World Trade Center in 2006.
Zeena Zaki’s fashion house operates under the label “Julea Domani”
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark to Iraqi parents. Currently Dubai, UAE based.
Awards:
www.zeenazaki.com
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DANISH / IRAQI-DANISH
Majeda Khoury. Chef. Syrian Human rights and Feminist activist.
Syrian migrant, one of her early decisions in London was to join a refugee cooking group run by social enterprise Migrateful. It brings together Londoners and refugees to learn recipes and share a meal.
She gives one or two classes a week, teaching simple but beautiful meals that can be reproduced at home
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UNITED KINGDOM / SYRIAN-BRITISH