RECORDS IN ME & AFRICA* – Page 76 – Arabian Records (1st post : Eid Al Fitr – 01st Shawwal 1439 (AH) / 15th June 2018 ) / (BETA testing – Research

Issad Rebrab – Algeria’s Billionaire Businessman

Issad Rebrab – Founder & CEO – Cevital .

The 6th person listed in the Forbes 2020 African Billionaire Ranking.

A leader in food processing industries.

Cevital is the holding company. Algeria’s biggest privately held company. Own one of the largest sugar refineries in the world.

Other subsidiaries are :

Samha Home Appliances (Samsung Electronics)
Mediterranean Float Glass
Cevitas Minerals
Baticompos
CeviAgro
Nolis SpA
Hyundai Motor Algeria (HMA)
COGETP (Compagnie Générale des Équipements de Travaux Public) -Volvo and SDLG (China)
Associated Car & Truck Specialists (ACTS)
Prainsa Cevico Algeria
Metal Sides
Profilur
Evcon
Cogetp
Cevicar – Car Renting
Future Media
Cevital Minerals
Numilog
Numidis

Global Acquisitions:

Groupe Brandt – French Home Appliances
Luchini – Italian Steel Maker
German Water Purification Company
Oxxo – France (Premade window and door systems)
Alas – Spain (Window and door aluminium frames)

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Algeria

IM’Hungry : World’s Largest Burger Restaurant – Saudi Arabia : December 2019

IM’ Hungry, Jeddah , Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest burger restaurant.

It has an area of 2,860 sq.m (30,784 feet) almost the size of 11 tennis courts.

Burgers are served with only fresh, non-frozen meat daily. The menu ranges a variety of dishes.

The record attempt took place in Jeddah on December 12th, 2019 and was certified by Guinness World Records.

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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Tunisia’s ‘National Dialogue Quartet’ Wins Nobel Peace Price : October 2015

The Quartet of Tunisian General Labour Union (UGGT), The Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA), the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers were awarded the Nobel.

Winner of Nobel Peace Prize for helping building pluralistic democracy in Tunisia.

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Tunisia

Sudan Has Twice As Many Pyramids than Egypt

Sudan has more pyramids that Egypt. But steeper and smaller than those of ancient Egypt.

Nubian pyramids differ from Egyptian. They are built of stepped courses of horizontally positioned stone blocks and range from approximately 6 to 30 meters (20-98 ft) in height and result in tall narrow structures.

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Sudan

Zeinab Badawi – International TV Personality of the Year – 2009

Zeinab Badawi , Journalist , Presenter, News Reader – TV and Radio

Currently with : BBC

Programs

World News Today / HARD Talk / GMT / BBC News at Five

Awards :

International TV Personality of the Year (2019) by Association of International Broadcasters
President’s Medal of the British Academy (2018)

Other Positions :

Adviser to the ‘Foreign Policy Centre’
Council Member ‘Overseas Development Institute’
Chair – Royal African Society – 2014
Trustee – National Portrait Gallery – 2004
Trustee – British Council
Advisory Board Member – ‘New College of the Humanities’

Founder & Chair :

Africa Medical Partnership Fund (AfriMed)

Education:

Bachelors – Philosophy, Politics and Economy – St. Hilda’s College, Oxford – SOAS, University of London
M.A – Politics, Anthropology – School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London -1989
Honorary Doctorate of Letters – SOAS – 2011

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British / Sudanese-British

First & Only Player from Oman to Win a FA Cup Medal. Ali Al Habsi

Ali Al Habsi . Professional Footballer. Omani International Goal Keeper. Captain of Oman International Football Team.

First and only Player from Oman to Win a FA Cup Medal. Only player from the Gulf to have a successful career in Europe.

Played for Oman. Clubs overseas in Norway, United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia.

Awards/ Recognitions: A few

-Norway’s Best Goal Keeper (2003-2004) / – Best Goal Keeper Award at Gulf Cup, 5 consecutive years – 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011 / -Oman won their 1st ever Gulf Cup (2009) with his leadership as Captain / Winners – Saudi Professional League (2017) / Winners – Saudi Super Cup (2018)

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OMAN

Nassef Sawiris – Egypt’s Billionaire Businessman

Nassef Onsi Sawiris – Businessman in Construction and Chemicals. Youngest of the 3 brothers Naguib Onsi Sawiris and Samih Onsi Sawiris. Children of businessman baron Onsi Sawiris

Business Interest/s

CEO – Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), one of the world’s largest nitrogen fertilisers producer with plants in Texas and Iowa. Trades on the Euronext Amsterdam Exchange
Orascom Construction – Trades on the Cairo Exchange and Nasdaq Dubai
Holdings include stakes in the cement giant Lafarge Holcim
Holdings include stakes in Adidas AG . Supervisory Board Member of Adidas AG, Germany

Sports :

Joint Owner : Aston Villa FC , British Football Club

Other/s :

Board of Directors – Cairo Stock Exchange ( 2004-2007)
Board of Directors – Alexandria Stock Exchange ( 2004 – 2007)
Board of Directors – Dubai International Finance Exchange (DIFX) (2008-2010)
Member – Cleveland Clinic’s International Leadership Board
Member – University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees

Education:

B.A. – Economics , University of Chicago

Philanthropy :

Donated USD 6 million to Chicago Booth School of Business
Donated USD 24 million to aid Egyptian studends and fund an executive education program (2019)

Scholarship Fund:

Onsi Sawiris Scholar Program (in honour of his father Onsi Sawiris) – 2015

General :

Listed in Forbes List of Billionaires 2020
Listed in Africa’s Billionaires of 2020
Fourth Richest African – Forbes 2019

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Egypt

Ahdeya Ahmed First Female President of Bahrain Journalist Association (BJA) : November 2019

Ahdeya Ahmed Al-Sayed , Bahrain – TV personality and Journalist, has many firsts to her credit.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief , for the english language ‘Daily Tribune’

First/s :

First female President of Bahrain Journalist Association (BJA)
First Arabian Gulf Woman to be elected member of ‘The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) Gender Council’.

Other/s :

Winner – Arab Woman of the Year Award for the category ‘Achievement in Journalism’ 5th edition – by The London Arabia organisation
Member – Bahrain’s International Federation of Journalists Gender Council

Assignments :

Spokesperson of the Government of Bahrain
Spokesperson- Bahrain Human Rights Watch
Official Spokesperson for the ‘ Bahrain Parliamentary Election’ (2006)

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Bahrain

The Dubai Mall , the second Largest Shopping Centre in the World : November 2018

The second largest shopping centre in the world by total land area and is situated in Downtown Dubai, UAE

Dubai Mall has 4 levels, an internal floor area 548,127 square metres. 1,200 retail outlets and over 160 food and beverage outlets.

The Mall includes an acquariam, Olympic size ice rink, 22 screen cineplex.

Developed by Emaar Properties

Additional World Records:

Within the Mall there are several world records to be listed individually

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Halima Aden, First fully covered American Muslim Teen Contestant in Miss. Minnesota US : 2016

Halima Aden is the first american muslim teen to wear a hijab in the Miss. Minnesota USA pageant.

Supermodel, activist and humanitarian

First’s:

First woman to wear a hijab in the Miss. Minnesota USA pageant.
First contestant to wear a burkini and a hijab
First hijab wearing model featured on the covers of Vogue Arabia, Allure and British Vogue
First Somali-American to participate in student government in college
Crowned first Muslim Homecoming Teen, St.Cloud’s Apollo High School, Minnesota

Honours :

UNICEF Ambassador, to support UNICEF’s mission to put children first ( July 2018).

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American / Somali-American