Ali Mabkhout Surpasses Messi’s Record, as Syria secures point against UAE in World Cup Qualifiers : September 2021

Syria and the UAE played out a 1-1 draw on Match day Two of the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar Group A on Tuesday at the King Abdullah II Stadium here.

Ali Mabkhout opened the Whites’ account at the 12th minute, scoring his 77th international goal, surpassing Argentine legend Lionel Messi and matching Brazil’s Pele’s record as the seventh highest international scorer of all time.

Syria’s Al Baher secured the equaliser at the 64th minute while Mabkhout could have doubled his tally with just 10 minutes to go, but the UAE’s record goal scorer could not direct his header towards the goalmouth.

The result hands the UAE their second point in as many games, while Syria get off the mark. October will see the Whites face Iraq and Iran in the 3rd and 4th round respectively.

source/content: wam.ae

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منتخبنا الوطني يتعادل مع نظيره السوري في تصفيات المونديال
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

‘Lamat Shaml’ Wins ‘UAE President’s Cup World Series for Purebred Arabian Horses’, Germany: September 2021

‘Lamat Shaml’ wins 28th edition of UAE President’s Cup World Series for Purebred Arabian Horses in Germany.

 “Lamat Shaml,” owned by Walid bin Zayed, galloped to win the Cup.

Evsheim grass track in the German city of Baden-Baden hosted the seventh leg of the global series of races, in one of the largest confrontations and the most important races on European tracks.

Since 1994, the UAE President Cup Series has put Arabian horse racing in the spotlight on some of the biggest stages in the world. 

source/content: wam.ae

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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

Tokyo Paralympics: UAE’s Sultan Alaryani Wins Gold : September 2021

Abdulla Sultan Alaryani . Rifle Shooting. Athlete.

UAE’s Abdullah Sultan Alaryani won the country’s first gold medal in the men’s 50m rifle at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

It is the two-time world champion’s second Paralympic title; he won the gold in London in 2012 and a silver at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. For Alaryani, it is his fifth games medal.

Sultan Alaryani’s gold came after Mohamed Al Hammadi won a bronze in the men’s 100m T34 at the Tokyo Games.

source/content: khaleejtimes.com

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)

UAE Pavilion Wins Prestigious Golden Lion Award at Venice Architecture Biennale: August 2021

Wetland, the UAE’s innovative pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, has been awarded the prestigious Golden Lion for Best National Participation.

More than 60 nations developed national pavilions, including the UAE’s Wetland exhibition, which was curated by Wael Al Awar and Kenichi Teramoto.

Wetland examines the potential for creating sustainable building materials from the UAE’s salt flats or sabkhas and features an environmentally friendly cement produced with recycled desalinated water.

source/content: thenationalnews.com

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Roberto Cicutto, president of the Venice Biennale, applauds as Italy’s culture minister Dario Franceschini, left, awards the Golden Lion for the Best National Participation to Wael Al Awar, right, curator of the Wetland project presented by the United Arab Emirates at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition. EPA / Andrea Merola / pix: thenationalnews.com

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)

Cherine Abdelloui Wins Gold Medal for Algeria at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games : August 2021

Cherine Abdellaoui. Athlete. Paralympic Women’s Judo.

Cherine Abdellaoui of Algeria won gold in the judo women’s -52kg category after beating Priscilla Gagne of Canada at the Nippon Budokan Arena in Tokyo.

For the first time since 13 years Algeria celebrates an Olympic Champion at the Paralympics. Algeria’s Cherine Abdellaoui was absolutely delighted with her gold medal in the women’s up to 52kg, improving on her third place from Rio 2016.

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ALGERIA

Gold Medal Glory for Raoua Tlili of Tunisia at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games : August 2021

 Raoua Tlili . Athlete . Paralympic Women’s Shot Put.

Raoua Tlili of Tunisia has broken her own world record on the way to winning a gold medal in the Women’s Shot Put at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

The 31-year-old became the first Tunisian to win a gold at the competition with throw of 10.55m at the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, beating the old mark by 36cm.

Tlili had previously won gold at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, with the old record, and also London 2012 and Beijing 2008

source/content: arabnews.com

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TUNISIA

UNESCO Elects Saudi Arabia as Vice-Chair of World Heritage Committee for 2021-2023 : August 2021

The member states of the World Heritage Committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) elected Saudi Arabia as vice chair of the Arab group for the period between 2021 and 2023 at the organization’s 44th session held in Fuzhou in China.

Princess Haifa bint Abdul Aziz Al-Muqrin, the Kingdom’s permanent representative at UNESCO, said that the election of the Kingdom had occurred due to its prominent role in supporting world heritage alongside the committee’s member states, in addition to achieving UNESCO’s objectives in general, and the committee’s objectives in particular.

source/content: arabnews.com

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Princess Haifa bint Abdul Aziz Al-Muqrin. (Photo/Twitter) / pix: arabnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA

Qatar’s Skydiving Team Wins Bronze – ‘FAI Mondial 2020 World Championship’ Russia : August 14th, 2021

The Qatar Skydive Team of Qatar Air Sports Committee – Joint Special Forces clinched the bronze medal in the four-way formation skydiving category at the 24th FAI Mondial World Championship yesterday, 14 August 2021, in Russia.

The Qatari team finished third with 160 points. Belgium clinched the gold medal with 193 points, while the USA finished second with 169 points.

source/content : iloveqatar.net

Source and cover image credit: @qatar_airsports

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QATAR

Arabic, 5th Most Spoken Language in The World

The Arabic language ranks in the top five of the most spoken languages in the world.

Today, there are 7,117 languages spoken in the world, spread over 220 countries.

Among these languages, about 40% are unfortunately threatened with extinction. This is due to the decreasing number of speakers, resulting in the language’s gradual disappearance. 

According to UNESCO, one language disappears every two weeks.

In fact, out of a total of more than 7,000 languages spoken in more than 220 countries, only 200 languages are both spoken and written, and only 23 languages are spoken by more than half the world’s population. 

These numbers are constantly changing, and research on world languages is constantly being released. 

If 7,117 languages are currently listed around the world, not all of them radiate in the same direction or undergo the same evolution.

According to the scientific publication, Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi, and Arabic are among the top five native languages in the world.

Arabic is the sixth most spoken language in the world, behind English (1268 billion speakers), Mandarin Chinese (1.012 billion), Hindi (637 million), Spanish (538 million) and French, which is closely tied to Arabic for this ranking.

Arabic is spoken by 274 million people in the world, while french speakers make up 277 million. In France, Arabic is the second most spoken language with more than 4 million speakers.

To complete this Top 10 of the most spoken languages in the world, we find behind Arabic, Bengali (265 million speakers), Russian (258 million), Portuguese (252 million) and finally Indonesian (200 million).

source/content: moroccoworldnews.com

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ARABIC SPEAKING WORLD / MOROCCO

Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa, MWL Secretary-General, Awarded ‘Hijra of the Prophet Award’ by Malaysia: August 2021

Malaysia has granted Muslim World League (MWL) Secretary-General and Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars Dr. Mohammed Abdulkarim Al-Issa, the ‘Hijra of the Prophet award’ — the most prestigious award granted to Muslim scholars in the world.

Al-Issa was honored for his efforts during a ceremony held by the Malaysian government to celebrate the new Islamic year.

The ceremony was held in the presence of Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, government members and representatives of Islamic and non-Islamic states in the country.

source/content: arabnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA