Fady Qaddoura won the membership of the Senate of Indiana, becoming the first Arab Muslim in the state legislature.
-Third Palestinian to win the US elections 2020 after defeating his rival John Ruckelchaus
Awards/Honours:
www.fady4indiana.com
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AMERICAN / PALESTINIAN / ARAB AMERICAN
Nabil El-Nayal (aka) Nabil Nayal. Fashion Designer.
Founder , ready-to-wear fashion brand ‘Nabil Nayal’
Education:
Awards/ Honours :
www.nabilnayal.com
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UNITED KINGDOM / SYRIAN / BRITISH ARAB
Murray Abraham (aka) F Murray Abraham . Actor. Hollywood movies. Television. Theater and Stage Actor. Narrator.
F Murray Abraham. He later added an F to his stage name in honour of his father Fahrid ‘Fred’ Abraham.
Oscar Winner. Won an Oscar Award for his leading role as Antonio Salieri in the drama film ‘Amadeus’ (1984). He also won
Awards :
Theatre :-
Film :
Honours :
Hall of Fame:
Inductee to the American Theater Hall of Fame (2015)
Honorary Doctorate:
Honorary doctorate from Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
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AMERICAN /SYRIAN DESCENT
Rashida Hariri Tlaib (aka) Rashida Tlaib – Politician. Lawyer.
Rashida Tlaib wins re-election to the U.S. House in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District.
She is serving as U.S. Representative since 2019.
-First Woman of Palestinian descent in Congress
-First Muslim Woman to serve in the Michigan Legislature. One of the First two muslim women elected to Congress along with Ilhan Omar.
-Member, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) / First DSA member to serve Congress along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Education:
-B.A (Political Science) – Wayne State University
-Juris Doctor – Western Michigan University Cooley law School (2014)
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AMERICAN / PALESTINIAN / ARAB-AMERICAN
Dr. Najat Benchiba-Savenius was named by the British monthly magazine Women in Finance as the ‘Businesswoman for the year 2020’ in the SME category.
Najat Benchiba-Savenius – Founder of Consulting company – Gazelle Advisory Group.
Education:
Graduate – University of Oxford / Masters : Social Science in Applied Linguisitics / PhD – University of Oriental and African Studies, London
Others:
Member – Think Tank team ‘Oxford Strategic Consulting’
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UNITED KINGDOM / MOROCCO
Modar Alaoui (aka) Modar JR Alaoui . Technology Entrepreneur. Public Speaker. Advisor.
Founder and CEO – Eyeris Technologies Inc., specialising in Computer Vision AI software for In-Cabin sensing and In-Vehicle scene.
Member-Advisor to Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF)
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AMERICAN / MOROCCAN-AMERICAN
Yasmine Al Massri. Actress. Dancer. Video Artist. Human Rights Activist.
Hollywood and International Actress.
Movies/ TV Series – etc:
-Caramel – directed by Nadine Labaki
-ABC drama series – Quantico
-American TV series : Crossbones
-Al-mor wa al rumman / Al Juma Al Akheira Miral
Awards:
-Best Actress Award for Caramel (2007), Abu Dhabi Film Festival
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AMERICAN / FRENCH / PALESTINE / EGYPT
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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CANADA / SOMALIA
Ibrahim Omer elected Member of Parliament (MP) New Zealand from the Labour Party.
First elected at the 2020 New Zealand general elections
Awards / Honours:
Education : B.A. – Political Science, New Zealand (2016)
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NEW ZEALAND / ERITREA
Kamal Oudrhiri . Scientist. Physicist.
Kamal Oudrhiri led a successful discovery mission by the American Space Agency (NASA) achieving a breakthrough in the field of Quantum Physics.
The mission was achieved by the participation of two astronauts Christina Koch, Jessica Meir and three Nobel prize winners.
The achievement took place at eh ‘Cold Atom Lab’ on the International Space Station (ISS) which NASA had installed in 2018.
Kamal Oudrhiri has worked on missions related to Mars exploration vehicles including ‘Curiosity’, ‘Rovers’, ‘Spirit’, ‘Opportunity’ as well as ‘Cassini’ for Saturn, ‘Grail’ for the Moon and ‘Juno’ for Jupiter.
Assignments:
-Mission Manager – Cold Laboratory / -The Group Supervisor – Planetary Radar & Radio Sciences Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Honours:
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U.S.A / MOROCCO