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
Younes Bendjima , French-Algerian model
Category: RECORDS IN ME & AFRICA*
Saba Anglana – Actress and Singer
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
UNICEF Morocco Appoints Achraf Hakimi ‘Champion for Children’ – May 2021
The UNICEF office in Morocco announced the appointment of Moroccan international football star Achraf Hakimi as children’s rights champion.
Hakimi, 22, is triumphing not only in his humanitarian works but also in his football career.
The football player is a key element in both his international club Inter Milan and Morocco’s national team.
UNICEF launched the initiative to appoint public figures from all fields, including arts, academics, and sports among others to engage in its efforts to help raise awareness of children’s rights.
Champions for Children are prominent individuals from arts, music, academics, ICT, sports, community-based organizations, or other fields who help to raise awareness of children’s rights.
The initiative is in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is the “most widely ratified human rights treaty in history,” UNICEF said.
source/content: moroccoworldnews.com
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MOROCCO
World’s Largest Composite Production Superyacht ‘Majesty 175’ Launched at World Premiere, Dubai Harbour , UAE : May 2021
H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, today unveiled the Majesty 175, the world’s largest composite production superyacht, at its world premiere at Dubai Harbour.
Pushing the boundaries in superyacht production through its lightweight material that enables effortless cruising in low-draft waters, the Majesty 175, fully manufactured in the UAE, is the flagship superyacht by Gulf Craft, one of the world’s premier shipbuilders
Manufactured at Gulf Craft’s integrated in-house production facility in the UAE, the Majesty 175 successfully completed a series of sea trials before its global premiere. The yacht will soon venture on voyages across the world, taking the UAE flag to global yacht events, marinas and exotic destinations, placing the country prominently on the world yachting map.
Built to the specifications outlined by the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) for yachts over 500 gross tonnage (GT), the 55-metre long superyacht with a beam of 9.6 metres has a gross tonnage of 780. It has the ability to effortlessly cruise low-draft areas, drawing just 2.05 metres of water, as it was built using advanced composite materials such as carbon fibre and vinyl ester. This enables close beach access, a key consideration for many marine lifestyle enthusiasts.
content/source: wam.ae
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)
Joe Neguse – First Eritrean-American Elected to US Congress : January 2021
Joseph D Neguse (aka) Joe Neguse . American Politician. Leader. U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District since 2019.
Neguse is an attorney, co-founder of a voter registration group and a former regent of the University of Colorado.
Firsts:
- First Eritrean-American elected to U.S. Congress
- Colorado’s First Black member of Congress
- First African-American to represent Colorado in Congress
Education:
- Bachelors Degree – Political Science and Economics, University of Colorada (2005)
- Juris Doctor – University of Colorado Law School (2009)
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AMERICAN / ERITREAN-AMERICAN
Saudi Girl Ritaj Al-Hazmi, 12, World’s Youngest Novel Series Author by Guinness : May 2021
A young girl from Saudi Arabia has broken the Guinness World Record to become the globe’s youngest writer of a novel series.
Ritaj Alhazmi, 12, has published a series of three English-language novels, two of which came out before her last birthday.
She has been awarded for her Treasure of the Lost Sea series, which includes the novels Treasure of the Lost Sea, Portal of the Hidden World and Beyond the Future World.
In the third book, she explored the genre of science-fiction. “I introduce new creatures and robots. I also include travelling through worlds,’ she explains.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Dr. Hiba Mohamed, Award Winning Molecular Biologist
Hiba Mohamed Ph.D (aka) Hiba Salah-Eldin Mohamed
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum
Awards/Honours:
- 2007 – Awarded Royal Society Pfizer Award
- 2004 – Awarded Wellcome Trust Research Development Award
- 2010 – Appointed Fellow of the Global Young Academy
Education:
- BS (Hons) – Zoology, University of Khartoum (1993)
- MS – University of Khartoum (1998)
- Ph.D – University of Cambridge (UK), Institute of Medical Research (1998 – 2002)
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SUDAN
Dr Hajar Mousannif Winner of ‘Artificial Intelligence Award’
Hajar Mousannif Ph.D , Award winning Scientist. Educationist. Researcher
WomenTech Global Awards 2020 (Silicon Valley, California) awarded Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher Hajar Mousannif as the golden winner of the WomenTech Global AI Inclusion Award.
A researcher and lecturer in AI, professor of machine learning and big data analysis at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, the Moroccan expert conducted her latest research on wireless sensor networks and vehicle networks.
Other Awards/ Honours:
- 2019 – First Prize in ‘Sustainability’ in Solar Decathalon Africa
- Entrepreneurial Education Award at 13th National Business Day for Morocco’s Center for Young Leaders (CJD)
- 2014 – Winner L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science International Award
- 2012 – Winner ‘Literati Network Award for Excellence
- etc…
www.mousannifhajar.com
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MOROCCO
Asil Attar – First Female CEO of MENA Fashion Industry Leaders
Asil Attar. Global Fashion and Retail Industry Leader.
First Female CEO of Damas Jewellery (estb. 1907). Damas has a portfolio of over 40 international luxury brands and in-house brands. With 230 stores spread across GCC, it has secured a global trademark.
Asil Attar has worked with some of the world’s leading Department stores and most coveted Brands and Retail groups such as Harrods, Giorgio Armani Group, Coach, Karen Millen, Jigsaw and Majid Al Futtaim etc..
Asil was the CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Fashion, the licensee for Juicy Couture in the Middle East.
This has won her a number of accolades and recognition for her outstanding achievements.
Honours:
- Forbes ME has placed her as one of the top 100 most Influential Arab Women, 2018 and Top 200 most powerful Arab Women, 2014.
- Arabian Business awarded her Top Female CEO Kuwait, 2018 and top 100 powerful women, 2012.
www.asilattar.com
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UNITED KINGDOM / IRAQI-BRITISH / EUROPEAN ARAB
Dr. Farouk El Baz – Egyptian American Space Scientist and Geologist
Farouk El Baz Ph.D., Space Scientist. Geologist
- Formerly – President Sadat’s Scientific Advisor (1978-1981)
- Founder – Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Museum of Atmospheric and Space, at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- Dr. El Baz played a pivotal role for the Apollo mission where he served as the secretary for the Apollo landing board on the moon, and was responsible for leading the astronaut training team in general science, particularly in moon imaging
So pivotal was he to Apollo that in Tom Hanks’ HBO TV-series, From the Earth to the Moon , El-Baz’s role as an Apollo scientist and astronaut trainer was featured in a segment entitled, “The Brain of Farouk El-Baz,” and a shuttle craft named El-Baz soared through the popular TV-series Star Trek : The Next Generation
Awards:
- He has won over 31 awards, including achievements in science, in NASA, incl:
- Golden Door Award of the International Institute of Boston
- Nevada Medal of the Desert Research Institute
- The Pioneer Award of the Arab Thought Foundation.
- The Apollo Achievement Award
Honour:
- Asteroid 7371 El-Baz, discovered by American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Schelte Bus at Palomar Observatory in 1978, was named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 27 August 2019 ( M.P.C. 115893).
Book:
- Deserts and Arid Lands , Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, ISBN 90-247-2850-9
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AMERICAN / EGYPTIAN-AMERICAN / ARAB AMERICAN