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Morocco Wins Gold : 28th Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad : May 24th, 2021

For the second year in a row Morocco wins at the Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad held in Tunisia.

28th Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) hosted virtually in Tunisia on May 23-24.

The PAMO the annual competition consists of two 4.5 hour rounds and participants must answer three questions per round. The event challenged students to answer advanced calculus and trigonometry questions.

Students from 14 countries including Angola, Botswana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Republic of the Congo, and Zimbabwe competed in the event.

Over 60 high school students representing their home countries attended the virtual event with Morocco’s El Ibbaoui Mohamed and Achak Abderrahmane coaching the team to victory.

The organization crowned Beni Mellal’s Aya Akargout the “Queen of African Mathematics 2021” after her gold medal win alongside Marrakech’s Youssef Bouhtouch.

In addition, Morocco’s Mohammed Ayoub, Adam Kharraz, Hiba Benabou, and Asmae Hibat Allah won silver medals.

All of the students are members of Morocco’s national mathematics team operating under the Ministry of Education.

source/content : www.moroccoworldnews.com

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MOROCCO

First Arab-American Female Driver in NASCAR series – Toni Breidinger Makes History.

Toni Breidinger. Professional stock car racing driver.

She is the all-time winningest female in United States Auto Club (USAC) history with 19 wins. Already made the record books for being a 19-time United States Auto Club (USAC) race champion.

Toni Breidinger will become the first female Arab-American driver to compete in a NASCAR national series.

www.tonibreidinger.com / www.breidingermotorsports.com

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AMERICAN / LEBANESE-AMERICAN

Oman’s Dr. Amal Bint Saif Wins Sasakawa Health Prize 2021 : May 2021

Dr. Amal bint Saif al-Maani, Director of Department of Infection Prevention, Ministry of Health.

Dr. Amal Bint Saif received the prestigious Sasakawa Health Prize 2021, awarded by the World Health Organization for boosting awareness of antimicrobial resistance and the importance of Hand Hygiene.

Ministry of Health said: “The Executive Council of the World Health Organisation announced the winning of Dr. Amal Bint Saif, a consultant in infectious diseases for children and infection control and director of the Department of Infection Prevention and Control of the General Directorate for Disease Control and Control at the Ministry of Health.

“To help combat antimicrobial resistance, Dr Al Maani engaged in the national project “Be Role Model for Hand Hygiene” as part of her advocacy work for HandHygiene in the community and health care settings in Oman,” WHO added

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OMAN

Egypt’s Dr.Hala Zayed Elected as Chair of Arab Health Ministers Council : May 2021

Egypt’s Minister of Health Dr. Hala Zayed was elected as the Chair of the Executive Office of the Health Ministers Council at the Arab League for the second time in a row.

Hala Zayed is the second female minister in the history of the Health Ministry since its establishment in 1937.

She has a PhD and Master’s in Business Administration from the Arab Academy of Science and Technology. She also obtained a diploma in Hospitals Administration from the AUC. She has a Master’s degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She received her medical degree MBBS from The University of Zagazig.

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EGYPT

Saba Anglana – Actress and Singer

Saba Anglana . Italian TV actress. International Singer.

Saba is an actress on Italian television. In a popular local TV series entitled La Squadra, she played a policewoman of dual Somali-Italian heritage.

Saba released her first studio album entitled Jidka: The Line, (2007) in which she mixes the traditional sounds of her native Somalia with contemporary Italian.

www.sabaanglana.com

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ITALIAN / SOMALI-ITALIAN

Zeena Zaki – Haute couture Fashion Designer

Zeena Zaki. Haute couture Fashion Designer. Entrepreneur. Own label ‘Julea Domani’.

Launched her first fashion atelier in Dubai, UAE in 2003. Zaki launched her first collection at the Dubai World Trade Center in 2006.

Zeena Zaki’s fashion house operates under the label “Julea Domani”

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark to Iraqi parents. Currently Dubai, UAE based.

Awards:

2009 Best Female Designer for Pret a Porter Award at Dubai Fashion Week

www.zeenazaki.com

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DANISH / IRAQI-DANISH

Majeda Khoury : Chef & Founder – Syrian Sunflower

Majeda Khoury. Chef. Syrian Human rights and Feminist activist.

Syrian migrant, one of her early decisions in London was to join a refugee cooking group run by social enterprise Migrateful. It brings together Londoners and refugees to learn recipes and share a meal.

She gives one or two classes a week, teaching simple but beautiful meals that can be reproduced at home

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UNITED KINGDOM / SYRIAN-BRITISH

Saudi Girl Ritaj Al-Hazmi, 12, World’s Youngest Novel Series Author by Guinness : May 2021

A young girl from Saudi Arabia has broken the Guinness World Record to become the globe’s youngest writer of a novel series.

Ritaj Alhazmi, 12, has published a series of three English-language novels, two of which came out before her last birthday.

She has been awarded for her Treasure of the Lost Sea series, which includes the novels Treasure of the Lost Sea, Portal of the Hidden World and Beyond the Future World.

In the third book, she explored the genre of science-fiction. “I introduce new creatures and robots. I also include travelling through worlds,’ she explains.

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Ritaj Alhazmi has become the world’s youngest book series author after she published three books before her teen years. Courtesy Ritaj Alhazmi / pix: thenationalnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA

Dr. Hiba Mohamed, Award Winning Molecular Biologist

Hiba Mohamed Ph.D (aka) Hiba Salah-Eldin Mohamed

Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum

Awards/Honours:

2007 – Awarded Royal Society Pfizer Award
2004 – Awarded Wellcome Trust Research Development Award
2010 – Appointed Fellow of the Global Young Academy

Education:

BS (Hons) – Zoology, University of Khartoum (1993)
MS – University of Khartoum (1998)
Ph.D – University of Cambridge (UK), Institute of Medical Research (1998 – 2002)

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SUDAN

Dr Hajar Mousannif Winner of ‘Artificial Intelligence Award’

Hajar Mousannif Ph.D , Award winning Scientist. Educationist. Researcher

WomenTech Global Awards 2020 (Silicon Valley, California) awarded Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher Hajar Mousannif as the golden winner of the WomenTech Global AI Inclusion Award.

A researcher and lecturer in AI, professor of machine learning and big data analysis at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, the Moroccan expert conducted her latest research on wireless sensor networks and vehicle networks.

Other Awards/ Honours:

2019 – First Prize in ‘Sustainability’ in Solar Decathalon Africa
Entrepreneurial Education Award at 13th National Business Day for Morocco’s Center for Young Leaders (CJD)
2014 – Winner L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science International Award
2012 – Winner ‘Literati Network Award for Excellence
etc…

www.mousannifhajar.com

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MOROCCO