Novartis Oncology , a medical company specializing in cancer patients, achieved the Guinness World Records of ” Largest Aluminium Sculpture ” on October 7, 2017.
The statue – 7.71 m tall, 5.03 m long, 3.95 m wide – was made in the shape of a jackhammer to represent “the powerful tool breaking through cancer,” and was presented at the Novartis Oncology Breast Cancer Summit, Sofitel Event Hall, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia
The Shieikh Jaber Causeway is the 4th longest bridge in the world.
Named after Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah who ruled during the Gulf war.
About 80 percent of the sea-bridge is over water and connects Kuwait City to Subiya where a USD 100 billion dollar mega-city is being built.
The drive around the bay usually takes over an hour, but with bridge’s construction completed, it shortens to less than 20 minutes.
The USD 2.6 billion causeway was designed by Paris based engineering and consulting group ‘Systra’. Lead by a consortium of South Korea’s ‘Hyundai Engineering & Construciton Co.’ and Kuwait’s ‘Combined Group Contracting Company’.
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Kuwait
Built around 293 A.D. in Jordan, the Aqaba Church is considered to be the world’s oldest-known purpose-built Christian church.
It was unearthed by archaeologists in 1998, and ever since then, it has been holding the world record.
Its first phase was dated between 293 and 303, which makes it older than the ‘ Church of the Holy Sepulchre’ in Jerusalem and the ‘Church of the Nativity’ in Bethlehem, both of which were built in the late 320s.
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) established its rotor blade manufacturing plant mid- october in Tangiers Automotive City, a free-trade zone.
The plant offers wind turbine blades and is the first such facility in Africa and the Middle East.
The project allows the development of a good ecosystem in the ‘renewable energy industry’.
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Morocco
Tarek Kamel established Egypt’s first connection to the Internet. FIRST national of a developing country to fill ICANN’s Senior Management position
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Egypt
A towering illuminated sculpture of a camel in Saudi Arabia has snagged the Guinness World Record for being the largest ever made.
It was unveiled at the Kingdom’s second Crown Prince Camel Festival in Taif .
The 10-meter wide and 4.65-meter high replica stands on a steel base against corrosion, and it is lit up by 51,000 lights.
The camel replica, located at the Camel Village of the Crown Prince Camel Festival, was unveiled by the President of the Saudi Camel Federation, Prince Fahd bin Jalawi.
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Saudi Arabia
Dr Nizar Ibrahim – Vertebrate Paleontologist, Comparitive Anatomist and Evolutionary Morphologist
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German / Moroccan-German
Shamal Steel Arch Bridge , Ras Al Khaimah, UAE is now the World’s longest steel bridge , certified by Guinness World Records.
It is planned to handle 2,000 vehicles per hour and includes a life expectancy of 104 years without any maintenance.
The bridge is a part of the second phase of Emirates Road as envisaged by the Ministry of Infrastructure, UAE
The former record was held by Poland’s 26m long bridge
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Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Tunisia’s golden generation of footballers became the first Arab or African nation to win a match in the World Cup.
History was made. Argentine 1978 – World Cup
Tunisia won against Mexico finishing 3-1 and history was made on June 02, 1978. Thus recording their first-ever world cup win by an Arab or African nation and in their first attempt as well.
Till that day, no Arab or African nation had ever won at the competition.
This paved the way for Algeria, Morocco and Saudi Arabia to record famous victories in future World Cups.
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Tunisia
Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber – Businessman – Founder, Chairman and CEO – MBI Group
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Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber. Yes, Arabs can too
Honours & Awards :
2002. Awarded Honorary Fellowship at the School of Oriental and African Studies
2004. Awarded Doctorate of Letters from University of Westminster
2004. Awarded Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, from City University, London
2005. Appointed UNESCO Special Envoy for Education, Tolerance and Cultures
2005. Awarded UNESCO Medal on the occasion of the organisation’s 60th anniversary
2005. Awarded a Gold Medal by the French Government for services to Tourism and Culture.
2007. Awarded Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation Gold Medal
2007. Appointed UN Spokesperson for Global Forums on Reinventing Government
2008. Nominated as Trialog Institut “Person of the Year”
2008. Appointed Chairman of Mediterranean Peace Forum
2010. Awarded Honorary Fellowship at University College London
2012. Awarded ISESCO (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Gold Medal
2013. Awarded a Senatorship by MODUL University
2017. Received Dialogue of Cultures Award
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Saudi Arabia