The Shamal Bridge is the largest metal buried bridge span and was achieved by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, United Arab Emirates .
The bridge span measures 32.39 m (106.3ft) has a capacity of 2,000 vehicles per hour. The record is certified by Guinness World Records.
The project was undertaken by ViaCon Sp. zoo (Poland) as a part of the Ras Al Khaimah ring road – The Shamal Bridge
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Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Avionav manufactures small planes from start to finish in Tunisa.
Twin brothers Ferid El Kamel and Foued El Kamel launched the aircraft manufacturing startup in 2011. Their capacity is to produce about 100 planes a year.
www.avionav.net
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Tunisia
13,377 camels participated in the largest camel racing tournament in the world. Certificate issued by Guinness World Records.
The event was organised by the Saudi Camel Racing Federation and was held on September 13th, 2019 at Taif, Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Sallam from Egypt is the only Arab candidate selected for Round III of the Dutch Mars One Project.
He hopes it will pave the path for future Arab astronauts in outer space. Sallam is one of the 100 candidates selected to have entered Round III for Mars One, down form 202,000 initial applicants.
Next year 24 finalists will be selected and trained for the 2031 mission to Mars which aims to establish the first human settlement/colony on the red planet.
-Founder -‘ Saturn V Space Club’ / Project Manager and Speaker – ‘Make Space Yours’ / Member of the Board of Advisory member – ‘Telescopia’
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Egypt
In 2009, when it opened Dubai Metro topped the list as the ‘Worlds Longest Automated Rail System’
Presently, it’s moved down after Vancouver’s Sky Train and Singapore.
The longest driverless metroline is the Dubai Metro Red Line which is 52.1 km in length. The second line, Green Line is 22.5 km which when combined with the Red Line will make it longer than the Vancouver Sky Train.
Dubai Metro is owned by Roads an Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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)
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 :
Global Acquisitions:
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Algeria
Diana AlSindy – Rocket Scientist. Propulsion Development Engineer.
Designs propulsion pressurant systems for rockets at private space agency Virgin Orbit.
Founder – @TheArabianStargazer ‘The Arabian StarGazer’
Promotes STEM to Arab youth from all over the world. Bi-lingual.
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American / Iraqi-American
Hamad Port, of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Qatar – achieves yet another milestone as the ‘Deepest Artificial Port Basin created on Land’.
Hamad Port is the gateway to Qatar’s world trade. The Port’s basin is 4 km long, 700 m wide and 17 m deep.
Guinness World Record issued the certification on September 09th, 2019
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Doha, Qatar