Yacine Bourhane . Professional Footballer
Currently plays as mid-fielder for ‘Chamois Niortais FC2’.
Also represents the Comoros National Team
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FRANCE / COMOROS
Yacine Bourhane, Professional Footballer
Category: Non-Resident / PAO (Persons of Arab Origin / Descent)
Aimee Cutrona – Appointed as Acting Special Representative for Syria Engagement, at the U.S. – National Security Council : February 2021
Aimee Cutrona. US Diplomat.
Assignments:
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Levant Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
- Formerly – Office Director, Office of Levant Affairs (NEA/LEV)
- Deputy Chief of Mission, Bahrain (2016-2019)
Education:
- Masters Degree : International Relations and Conflict Management, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
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AMERICAN / SYRIAN-AMERICAN / ARAB AMERICAN
Dr. Sadeg Faris – Inventor and Entrepreneur
Sadeg M. Faris, Ph.D, Engineer. Entrepreneur. CEO – Reveo Inc, USA
Founder & CEO : Reveo Inc,
Founded and spun off 4 companies: EVionyx (New York-Taiwan), VRex (New York) and Chelix (California)
Has more than 400 issued patents to his credit
Awards:
- 2009 Inventor of the Year – by New York Intellectual Property Law Association
Education:
- B.S (1969), University of California
- M.S (1971), University of California
- Ph. D – University of California, Berkeley (1976)
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AMERICAN / LIBYAN-AMERICAN / ARAB AMERICAN
Moroccan Poet Abdellatif Laabi Wins 2021 Roger Kowalski Award, Lyons-France
Moroccan francophone poet Abdellatif Laabi has won the 2021 Roger Kowalski Award for Poetry, organized by the city council of Lyon, in east-central France
The Award was for his most-recent poetry book, “Presque riens” (Almost Nothing), published in October 2020.
Named after a famous Lyon-native poet, the Roger Kowalski Award for Poetry each year honors a living francophone poet who is connected to the city of Lyon. Laabi was eligible for nomination because his wife, Jocelyne, is a Lyon native. He is the first Moroccan to ever win the award.
Founder of the first ever Moroccan francophone poetry magazine, called “Souffles” (Breaths) along with other writers Mohammed Khair-Eddine and Mostafa Nissaboury (1966).
Abdellatif Laabi published a novel in 2003, “Le Chemin des ordalies” (The Path of Ordeals), where he shares memories from his experience in prison.
Published 20 poetry books and five novels, along with tens of works translated from Arabic.
source: moroccoworldtoday.com
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FRENCH /MOROCCAN- FRENCH / FRENCH-ARAB / EUROPEAN ARAB
Abdul Jerri – Mathematician
Dr. Abdul Jerri (aka) Dr. Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri – Mathematician
Academician:
- Last position held : Professor Emeritus – Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York (1967-2002)
Editor:
- Founding Editor – Sampling Theory in Signal and Image processing (STSIP- An International Journal)
- Owner – Sampling Publishing
Books:
- Introduction to Integral Equations with Applications (Pure & Applied Mathematics) – 1985
- Integral and Discrete Transforms with Applications and Error Analysis (Chapman & Hall/ CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics) – 1992
- Linear Difference Equation with Discrete Transform Methods (Mathematics and Its Applications) 363 – 1996
- The Gibbs Phenomenon in Fourier Analysis, Splines and Wavelet Approximations (Mathematics and Its Applications ) 446 – 1998 ..
- etc..
Education:
- B.Sc – Physics – University of Baghdad (1955)
- M.S. – Physics – Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (1960)
- Ph.D – Mathematics, Oregon State University (1967)
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AMERICAN / IRAQI AMERICAN / ARAB AMERICAN
Robert Purvis, Moroccan-American Who Helped 9,000 Slaves Gain Freedom
Robert Purvis.
Born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1810, Robert Purvis was the grandchild of a woman known as Dido Badaracka. She was captured in Morocco at the age of 12 and transported to the US to serve as a slave.
According to American historian Margaret Hope Bacon, Purvis described his Moroccan grandmother as a “full-blooded Moor of magnificent features and great beauty. She had crisp hair and a stately manner.”
Purvis received his early education in Philadelphia at the Clarkson Hall, a school for black children, run by the Pennsylvania Abolition Society — one of the first organizations ever to advocate for ending slavery in the US. He also studied at Amherst Academy in Massachusetts.
Robert Purvis became a prominent officer of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He also served as president of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society between 1845 and 1850.
Robert Purvis, as the main organizer of the network, earned the nickname “The President of the Underground Railroad.”
The US Embassy in Morocco has paid tribute to Robert Purvis, an American man of Moroccan descent who dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery.
source: www.moroccoworldnews.com/yahya hatim
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U.S.A / MOROCCAN-AMERICAN
Lbachir BenMohamed – Scientist, Immunologist. Cutting Edge Work on New Covid-19 Vaccine in the US
Moroccan scientist Lbachir BenMohamed is making headlines in the US for working on a universal COVID-19 vaccine — a vaccine that would work on all variants of the coronavirus, even those that have not appeared yet.
At the Institute for Immunology affiliated to the University of California, Irvine, BenMohamed is leading a nine-member research team tasked with developing a universal COVID -19 vaccine .
Vaccine on a patch
Another original concept that BenMohamed and his team are working on is the injection method of the vaccine.
While all currently-available COVID-19 vaccines are injected through a syringe, the in-development universal vaccine would be administered through a patch, similarly to the widely-available nicotine patches.
Currently:
- Professor, of Immunology,University of California, Irvine (2014). Founder and Head of Cellular and and Molecular Immunolgy
- Assistant Researcher, University of California, Irvine (2002)
Education:
- Diploma – Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Alghadir, Morocco
- Licence (Bachelor’s equivalent) – Biochemistry
- Diploma of Advanced Studies in Immunology – University of Paris VII (aka) Paris Diderot University
- M.S. in Immunolgy and Parasitolgy – Pasteur Institute, Paris
- Ph.D. in Immunology – Pasteur Institute, Paris (1997)
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U.S.A. / MOROCCAN AMERICAN
Essam Heggy – Space and Planetary Scientist at NASA
Dr Essam Heggy . Space and Planetary Scientist.
His main science interests in space and planetary geophysics covers Mars, the Moon, icy satellites and Near Earth Objects.
A member of the several NASA and ESA missions science teams including the MARSIS instrument aboard the Mars Express orbiter (2003-present), the Mini-SAR experiment aboard Chandrayaan-1, the Mini-RF experiment on board the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (2008-present), the CONSERT radar experiment on board the Rosetta mission (2004-2015) and the RIME experiment Onboard JUICE mission for Jupiter Icy Satellites .
Heggy is the Principal Investigator of the NASA Earth Venture Mission Concept OASIS that aims to characterize groundwater in Hyper-Arid Environments .
Heggy served as a panel member for several NASA programs including the Planetary Instrument Definition and Development program, Planetary Geology and Geophysics program, Mars Data Analysis program, Astrobiology program and the Educational and Public Outreach program.
He also edited a special JGR-planets volume on terrestrial and planetary radars. He is on the editing board of Geosciences and National Geography and co-chaired several sessions in American Geophysical Union and other international meetings on planetary radars.
Education:
- Ph.D – Astronomy and Planetary Science – Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris (2002)
Award/ Honours :
- JPL/NASA Mariner Award
- Served as Egyptian President Advisor for Scientific Affairs (2013-2014)
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U.S.A / FRANCE / EGYPT / EGYPTIAN AMERICAN / ARAB AMERICAN
Farid Azakan – Leader of DENK , Dutch Political Party in Dutch House of Representatives : 2020
Farid Azarkan – Dutch politician serving as leader of the Denk party in the House of Representatives since 2020.
He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017.
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DUTCH / MOROCCAN-DUTCH / ARAB EUROPEAN
Dana Shubat – 2nd Arab-American Appointed by U.S. President Joe Biden as Senior Legal Affairs Advisor: January 2021
Dana Shubat was appointed by U.S. President Joe Biden to the White House Team as Senior Legal Affairs Advisor.
- Served as Senate, Vice President of the Congressional Middle East and North African Staff Association
- Served as Legislative aide to Colorado Senator Michael Bennet
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AMERICAN / ARAB-AMERICAN / JORDANIAN-AMERICAN