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UAE Satellite ‘Falcon Eye 2’ launched into Space to mark UAE’s 49th National Day – December 02nd, 2020

UAE’s latest satellite Falcon Eye 2 lifted off into space on a Russian Soyuz ST-A rocket from French Guiana Space Centre, South America on December 02nd, 2020 at 0533am UAE time.

It is now the 4th reconnaissance satellite launched in the UAE.

The space craft will provide high-definition images from around the world for military and civilian use.

The 1,190 kilogram satellite was built by Airbus Defence & Space and Thales Alenia Space in Toulouse, France. The UAE Space Agency oversaw its development.

This was a part of the Falcon eye programme, where two identical satellites were built for the UAE Armed Forces.

The first was Falcon Eye 1 which was lost in space last year after the Italian Vega rocket that carried it failed.

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

New Book on Modern & Contemporary Arab Art by British Museum Curator Dr. Venetia Porter : 2020

Book title : ‘Reflections : Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa’

Dr. Venetia Porter is currently the British Museum curator of ‘Islamic and Contemporary Middle East Art’ at the British Museum.

Porter edited the publication with scholar Natasha Morris and SOAS Professor Charles Tripp.

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London, U.K

2020 MENA Digital Awards (MDA) Winners : November 2020

The awards program has seven categories – performance, mobile, social media, digital assets, digital by sector, integrated, and special – and was open to all digital players throughout the Middle East and North Africa region.

This year, FP7 dominated the winners’ list with a total of five awards across four categories, followed by Netizency with four awards, and UM with three.

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MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

Al Ahly Wins the 20th CAF African Championship League : November 2020

A late goal from Mohamed ‘Afsha’ Magdy gave Al-Ahly a dramatic 2-1 victory over Zamalek on November 27th, which turned out to be an an all-Egyptian CAF Champions League2019-20 final in the Cairo International Stadium.

Amr el Soleya had give Al-Ahly an early lead and ‘Shikabala’ scored a magnificient equaliser before half time.

Record for Al Ahly : The win extended Al-Ahly’s record number of wins in Africa’s elite club competition to nine.

Record for the South African coach: Al-Ahly’s win meant SA coach Pitso Mosimane became only the third coach after Argentine Oscar Fullone and Egyptian Mahmoud el Gohary to win the Champions League title with two clubs.

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EGYPT

First Tunisian Woman Referee to Make History by Overseeing a Top Tunisian Division League Match : Dorsaf Ganouati

Dorsaf Ganouti . Football Referee.

Dorsaf Ganouti became the first woman to make history in Tunisia by refereeing a top division men’s Tunisian league match in the city of Radee.

Stated her football career as a goal keeper
Started her refereeing in 2011
On FIFA’s list of International Referees since 2015
She is one of the three Tunisian women on FIFA’s list of International Referees

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TUNISIA

Bahrain’s Deena Rahman Breaks World Record in Football for ‘Taking The Most Penalties in 24 Hours : November 18th, 2020

Deena Rahman, Bahrain’s National Team mid-fielder breaks the World Record in Football for ‘Taking the Most Penalites in 24 Hours’.

Deena Rahman hammered home 7,876 penalties including facing 24 female goal-keepers, at the Kick Off Academy in Saar – smashing the previous record as a part of 2020’s Equal Playing Field’s (EPF)

.The challenge started on November 17th at 7am and ended 24-hours later at 7am on November 18th coinciding with Guinness World Record Day.

The previous record was held by Vickrant Mahajan in 24 hours with 1,111 penalties.

This was the 5th Guinness World Record held by Deena Rahman.

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BAHRAIN

Emirati Omeir Saeed breaks two Guinness World Records : Abu Dhabi, UAE – November 2020

Omeir Saeed – wakeboarder from Abu Dhabi broke 2 Guinness World Records (GWR) previously set by Jerome Macquart 2004 and 2005 respectively.

Omeir Saeed’s new GWR records are in the category

For fastest wakeboard ramp jump
For most wakeboard rail airs in 30 seconds

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source: https://www.surfertoday.com / https://www.youtube.com

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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Female Emirati Adventurer-Traveller Breaks World Record. ‘Around the World in 3 Days ‘ – Dr. Khawla Al Romaithi: 2020

Dr Khawla Al Romaithi travelled the world solo, across the 7 continents and broke the world record for ‘fastest time to travel all seven continents’ .

The whole trip took 3 days, 14 hours, 46 minutes and 48 seconds. Her epic travel journey ended in Sydney, Australia on February 13th, 2020.

The record was announced on the occasion of Guinness World Records Day. The journey was in sync with this years’ theme ‘Discover Your World’.

Dr. Khawla Al Romaithi’s record broke the previous record achieved by Kacey Stewart and Julie Berry (both of USA) on December 2017.

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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

G20 Saudi Arabia 2020 Riyadh Summit . First for an Arab Nation. : November 21-22

Saudi Arabia hosts the G20 Summit in 2020. First for an Arab Nation.

Leader’ Summit

In 2020, the G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held virtually, proudly hosted by the Saudi G20 Presidency. The virtual meeting will take place over two days on November 21-22, 2020.

The Group of Twenty, or the G20, is the premier forum for international economic cooperation. The G20 brings together the leaders of both developed and developing countries from every continent.

Presidency Agenda

Each G20 Presidency develops a theme for the year which is central to international discussions. The 2020 G20 Presidency will focus discussions, forums, working groups and Ministerial Meetings under the theme of:
Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All

www.g20.org

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SAUDI ARABIA

First Somali-American Safiya Khalid elected to Maine City Council, USA : January 2020

Safiya Said Khalid (aka) Safiya Khalid . Politician.

Member of Lewiston, Maine City Council (January 06th, 2020) .

First Somali-American elected to the Lewiston City Council, Maine
Youngest ever at age 23, elected to the City Council of Lewiston (Ward 1), Maine

Work:

Gateway Community Services of Maine, Community Coordinator
Maine Democratic Party, Grassroots Organizer
Maine State House, Clerk
Maine Department of Labor, Intern

Education:

B.A. – Psychology, University of Southern Maine

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AMERICAN / SOMALI-AMERICAN