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Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said of the Sultanate of Oman, the longest-serving ruler in the Middle East and Arab World at the time of his demise, January 10th, 2020.
A 15th generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said. Aceded the throne on July 23rd, 1970.
More details can be googled about his 50 years as the absolute Monarch of the Sultanate of Oman.
Awards/ Honours:
Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (Austria, 31 March 2001)
Member 1st Class of the Order of Al Khalifa (Bahrain)
Member of the Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei (Brunei, 15 December 1984)
Grand Collar of the Order of the Nile (Egypt, 1976)
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (France, 31 May 1989)
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany)
Jawarhlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (India, 2004 – award yet to be presented)
Recipient of the Star of the Republic of Indonesia , 1st Class or Adipurna (Indonesia)
Grand Collar of the Order of Pahlavi (3 March 1974) (Iran)
Commemorative Medal of the 2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire (Iran, 14 October 1971)
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy, 22 April 1974)
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan)
Collar of the Order of al-Hussein bin Ali (Jordan)
Collar of the Order of Mubarak the Great (Kuwait, 28 December 2009)
Collar of the Order of Merit (Lebanon)
Honorary Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (DMN) (Malaysia, 1991)
Collar of the Order of the Throne (Morocco)
Grand Cross of the Orde of Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (Netherlands, 2012)
Recipient of the Nishan-e-Pakistan, 1st Class (Pakistan)
Collar of the Order of the Independence (Qatar)
Recipient of the Badr Chain (Saudi Arabia)
Decoration 1st class (December 1971) and Collar (23 December 2006) of the Order of Abdulaziz al Saud (Saudi Arabia)
Member 1st Class of the Order of Temasek (Singapore , 12 March 2009)
Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope (South Africa), 1999)
Knight of the Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain, 13 December 1985)
Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (Spain)
Collar of the Order of Umayyad (Syria)
Collar of the Order of Independence (Tunisia)
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic (Tunisia)
Collar of the Order of Etihad (Order of the Federation) (UAE)
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) (United Kingdom, 8 July 1976)
Knight of Justice (KStJ, 8 November 1976) and Bailiff Grand Cross (GCStJ, 19 March 1984) of the Venerable Order of Saint John (United Kingdom)
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) (United Kingdom, 28 February 1979)
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) (United Kingdom, 18 March 1982)
Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain (United Kingdom, 27 November 2010)
Sofia Saidi was crowned winner from an international competition with contestants from 53 countries at a glittering ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon on June 29th, 2019
Education:
-Bachelor’s Degree: International Management
-2 Master’s Degrees : (1) Strategic Organizational an Technological Evolutionism – Pantheon-Assas University Paris II / (2) Master’s Degree : Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
Memaar Al Morshedy . One of the Egypt’s biggest Development and Real Estate Companies .
Founder : Mohamed Morshedy / CEO: Hasan Morshedy / Head of Sales: Rami Morshedy / Chairman of the Group: Hassan Sedky
The Morshedy group has begun construction on ‘SKLINE’ with a goal and vision to be the World’s Biggest Residential Project.
Memaar Al Morshedy in currently working on 14 different projects.
SKYLINE is based in the upcoming central area of Kattameya, Cairo.The development extends over 200,000 sq meters with parks and recreation facilities. It is planned to have about 13,500 apartments of various sizes.
Architect: One of the leading global archictects Mohamed Hadid / Local Designer: Raef Rahmy / International Design – Spanish Design Studio VDP Barcelona.
Guinness World Record Attempt Granted.
Plans for WORLD’s :
World’s Biggest Residential Project
World’s Biggest Rooftop Park in a building
World’s Biggest Infinity Swimming Pool
Egypt’s Biggest IMAX cinema-
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Hassan Morshedy with his father and the company’s founder Mohamed Morshedy pix : forbesmiddleeast.com
Record: The second tallest residential building in the world.
Previous Record: When it was inaugrated , the Princess Tower Dubai was the World’s tallest residental building in the world. It held the record from 2012 to 2015. This record was broken by 432, Park Avenue, New York City subsequently.
When the Princess Tower was inaugurated it broke the previous record holder of yet another Dubai record of 23 Marina which stood at 392.8m (1,289 feet).
Princess Tower: Features.
-The building comprises of 763 units, 957 underground parking bays spread over 6 floors and 8 retail outlets. The building development stands at 107 stories including basement floor and 100 levels above ground.
Developer : Tameer Holdings Investments
Architect : Eng. Adnan Saffarini Office
The Princess Towers engineering were by Syed Majid Hashmi – Chief Structural Engineer and Deputy Manager – Mohammad Ali Alogaily.
Known as the ‘Dubai Celebration Chain’ – the World’s longest hand-made gold chain was unveiled at the Deira Gold Souk Bus station to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Dubai Shopping Festival‘s 20th Anniversary.
The 22-carat chain is 5Km long, weighs 240 Kg, took over 45 days and 100 craftsmen working 10 hours a day to produce the 4 million individual segments.
Its estimated value is Aed. 22 million . The event was organised by the Dubai Gold and Jewellery Group.
Certified by Guinness World Records.
Pre-booking: Shoppers got to pre-book sections of the chain between 8 to 26 grams.
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