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Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s “The Man Who Sold his Skin” was awarded the International Coproduction Lumiere Award, while Tunisian-French actor Sami Bouajila took home the Best Actor Lumiere Award for his performance in Mehdi Barsaoui’s “A Son.”
The Lumieres — the French equivalent of the American Golden Globes — was held in January 2021 and broadcast on French TV channel Canal+. France-based foreign reporters vote on the film awards.
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pix: arabweekly.com / Tunisian film director Kaouther Ben Hania (L) and producer Nadim Cheikhrouha (R) pose during a photo session in Paris on January 15, 2021 following the 26th “Ceremonie des lumieres” cinema award ceremony. (AFP)
Experimenter / Jean of the Joneses / Patti Cake$ / One Percent More Humid/ The Circle / Jack / Jared / Virgil / The Front Runner / Watch Room / Underwater / Unicorn Store / Uncorked / Blackbox / Jurassic World: Dominion ….
Television:
Madam Secretary / Me & Mean Margaret / The Get Down / The Detour / Sorry for your Loss / Cake / Oh Jerome, No …..
Education :
Acting at William Esper Studio
2 year Professional Actor Training Program – Yale School of Drama
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pix: wikipedia.com / by ColliderVideo – ‘Sorry For Your Loss’: Elizabeth Olsen, Mamoudou Athie, Kit Steinkellner and James Ponsoldt Interview, specifically cover image,
Physician Dr. Nawf Al-Gublan contributes to saving lives in the United States, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the 2nd largest teaching hospital at Harvard Medical School, and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical District in Boston.
When the coronavirus pandemic started spreading rapidly in the United States, the Saudi Arabian Nephrology Specialist Dr. Nawf al-Gublan decided she had to stay in the country to help her coworkers in Boston battle the outbreak.
Asim Gorashi . Singer, Classical Violinist, Musician, Multi-Instrumentalist, Whistler and Music Teacher.
First Sudanese musician to play the violin and sing at the same time.
World Whistling Champion – 36th International Whistlers Convention, North Carolina (2009) – after whistling the second movement for Mozart’s famous Eine klein Nachtmusik.
Education:
Bachelors Degree (Music) – The High Institute of Music and Drama, University of Sudan (2004)
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)
