Darin Hachem – Fashion Designer
Co-Founder – ‘Darin Hachem’ label . Milan, Italy. Alongwith Mexican Fernando Gallardo.
Education:
-Central Saint Martins, London
-Masters Degree in Fashion Design, Womens Wear – Instituto Marangoni, Italy
www.darinhachem.com
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LEBANESE
Hadi Souan (aka) Hadi Soua’an Al-Somaily wins a Silver medal in 400m hurdles and brings Saudi Arabia’s First Olympic Medal Victory – 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia.
He has won over 40 medals. Some of them are:
Records:
Positions / Honours:
-Board member – Saudi Arabian Athletic Federation (SAAF) / -Board Member – Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) Assembly / -Member, Olympic Council of Asian Athletic Commission / -Member – Saudi Sports Arbitration Centre / – Member -International Relations Committee, Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee (SAOC) etc.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Waad Al-Kateab. Journalist. Filmmaker. Activist
Named as one of the Top 100 Influential People in 2020 by TIME magazine (September 2020)
Award winning Syrian Director of the film ‘For Sama’ .
-The most nominated documentary in the history of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
-Golden Eye Award, Cannes Film Festival / Grand Jury Award, SXSW / Special Jury Prize, Canadian Hot Docs International Film Festival / Oeil d’Or Prize, Cannes Film Festival (May 25, 2019)
Other Awards:
-International Emmy for Reporting – for the covering the Siege of Aleppo . The First Syrian to win in this category.
Presently: Reporter for Channel 4 News, UK
Other Documentary:
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UNITED KINGDOM / SYRIA
Basant Hemida (aka) Basant Hemida Abdelsalam. Sprinter. Track and Field Athlete.
Basant Hemida wins Sprint Double the 100m and 200m at the Athletics Kladno in Czechoslovakia.
Other Records :
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EGYPT
St. Regis Hotel Abu Dhabi. The new iconic Nation Tower development in Abu Dhabi.
Highest suspended Presidential suite in the world. High up in the air at over 200 meters.
Housed in a sky bridge joining two towers. It is positioned between the National Towers’ 48th and 49th floor.
Guests can fly in their choppers, land on the helipad atop the National Tower and be whisked away directly to the Abu Dhabi suite by a private elevator.
The suite is over 1,120 square meters (11,600 sq. ft) of luxury. Features a 2-level luxury majlis, 3 beautiful bedrooms, luxurious Spa, movie theatre alongwith kitchen, dining rooms and a fully equipped gym.
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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)
Omar K Alghanim (aka) Omar Kutayba Yusuf Alghanim – CEO of Alghanim Industries and Chairman of Gulf Bank.
Others:
-Co-Founder & Board member INJAZ – Al Arab / Chairman – INJAZ Kuwait
Others, International:
-Chair – World Economic Forum’s – MENA Regional Business Council (2014)
-Member – Leadership Council for Harvard Kennedy’s School’s Centre for Public Leadership (2018)
-Harvard Business School’s Board of Dean’s Advisor (2018)
-Harvard Business School’s MENA Advisory Board (2015)
-Chairman of Family Business Council – Gulf (FBCG) (2018)
-Listed Top 100 Most Powerful Arabs 2019 – GulfBusiness.com
Education:
-M.BA : Harvard Business School (2002) / BS : Business Commerce, New York University’s – Stern School of Business (1997)
www.omaralghanim.com
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KUWAIT
Abu Dhabi’s Skyscraper ‘Capital Gate’ also known as the ‘Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi. The building officially opened on December 21, 2011.
Capital Gate is 160 meters (520 feet tall) , 35 stories high and with 16,000 sq. meters (170,000 sq.ft) of built area. It is also one of the tallest buildings in the Capital city.
Due to its clever engineering and architectural design, the building leans 18 degrees to the west. It is 4 times more than the Leaning Tower of Suuvhusen. Capital Gate is one of the few diagrid buildings in the world.
Guinness World Records certified as the ‘World’s Farthest Man Made Leaning Building in the World’ in 2018.
Capital Gate is designed by the Architectural firm RMJM , Scotland / United Kingdom.
The building is owned and developed by Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (ADNEC).
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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)
Nashwa Al Ruwaini – Chairwoman and CEO – Pyramedia Group. Media Personality (aka) Oprah Winfrey of the Arab World. Production House. Philanthrophy.
Pyramedia has offices in Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, London and New York.
-Board Member and CEO – Pyramedia Media Production and Consultancy / CEO – Al Joude Investments / Al Joude Advertising & Publicity / CEO- Delma Medical Centre / Founder and Chairman – Nashwa Foundation .
Firsts:
-Youngest female personality on Arab TV – ‘ Qatar TV ‘
-First to set up ‘Middle East Film Festival’ and Emmy Award in Middle East / Involved in providing cast for the Hollywood production for ‘Pirates of the Carribbean’ / Co-Founder and Board Member – Abu Dhabi Film Festival / Member – International Academy of TV, Arts and Sciences
Production:
Awards:
www.pyramedia.biz
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EGYPT
Lucid Air (EV) was launched from its Headquarters based in Newark, California on September 10th, 2020
Lucid Air has ground breaking electric vehicle (EV) technology incorporation Lucid Motors’s proprietary Electric Drivetrain Technology.
Aimed at the luxury saloon segment dominated by German manufacturers. Branded as the world’s fastest charging EV and the most aerodynamic car in the world.
Lucid’s Atieva battery powers the Formula E vehicles that have been showcased at Saudi Arabian motorsports events.
Powering the Air is a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive setup with a combined output of up to 1,080 horsepower. The motor is fed charge through a 22 module, 5kWh battery pack with a total combined capacity of 113kWh
Lucid Motors is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Invest Fund who hold a majority stake.
www.lucidmotors.com
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USA / SAUDI ARABIA
Dr Ahmed Almheri, Physicist was awarded the ‘New Horizons Physics Prize’ for his research on black holes in space. The award is founded by ‘The Breakthrough Foundation’ USA.
He is currently a long-term member in the ‘School of Natural Science’. Doing his post-docotral studies in Physics at ‘Institute for Advance Studies (IAS), Princeton University.
First Emirati to be accepted for the post-doctoral studies at Princeton University, University of California.
Education:
-Ph.D – Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
– M.A. – University of California, Santa Barbara
– B.Sc/B.A – University of Toronto
Awards:
-New Horizons Physics Prize (2020)
-Lancaster Dissertation Award in Mathematics, Physics, Sciences and Engineering (2014)
-Member Martin Hairer ‘Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics’
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics / pix: youtube.com
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