Dorsaf Ganouti . Football Referee.
Dorsaf Ganouti became the first woman to make history in Tunisia by refereeing a top division men’s Tunisian league match in the city of Radee.
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TUNISIA
Deena Rahman, Bahrain’s National Team mid-fielder breaks the World Record in Football for ‘Taking the Most Penalites in 24 Hours’.
Deena Rahman hammered home 7,876 penalties including facing 24 female goal-keepers, at the Kick Off Academy in Saar – smashing the previous record as a part of 2020’s Equal Playing Field’s (EPF)
.The challenge started on November 17th at 7am and ended 24-hours later at 7am on November 18th coinciding with Guinness World Record Day.
The previous record was held by Vickrant Mahajan in 24 hours with 1,111 penalties.
This was the 5th Guinness World Record held by Deena Rahman.
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BAHRAIN
Dr Khawla Al Romaithi travelled the world solo, across the 7 continents and broke the world record for ‘fastest time to travel all seven continents’ .
The whole trip took 3 days, 14 hours, 46 minutes and 48 seconds. Her epic travel journey ended in Sydney, Australia on February 13th, 2020.
The record was announced on the occasion of Guinness World Records Day. The journey was in sync with this years’ theme ‘Discover Your World’.
Dr. Khawla Al Romaithi’s record broke the previous record achieved by Kacey Stewart and Julie Berry (both of USA) on December 2017.
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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)
Safiya Said Khalid (aka) Safiya Khalid . Politician.
Member of Lewiston, Maine City Council (January 06th, 2020) .
Work:
Gateway Community Services of Maine, Community Coordinator
Maine Democratic Party, Grassroots Organizer
Maine State House, Clerk
Maine Department of Labor, Intern
Education:
B.A. – Psychology, University of Southern Maine
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AMERICAN / SOMALI-AMERICAN
Amal Al Raisi – Founder and Creative Director. : Dar Al Aseel
Fashion Designer . Omani Women’s Wear, over 12 years plus Label: Dar Al Aseel.
Available in Oman and regionwide through selected retail outlets.
www.amalalraisi.com
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OMAN
Member : Refugee Olympic Athletes Team (ROT). Competed under the Olympic Flag at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Appointed as UNCHR Goodwill Ambassador (27th April 2017).
Yusra Mardini represented Syria : 2012 FINA World Championships (25m) 200 metre individual medley, 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle events.
Represents : Under Armour sports brand
Book: Autobiography : ‘ Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian – My Story of the Rescue, Hope and Triumph’ by Yusra Mardini
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GERMANY / SYRIA
The book covers 4 generations of Arab designers.
Co-authored by Bahia Shehab, Professor of Practice at American University in Cairo and Haytham Nawar , Artist and Academic also of the American University in Cairo.
Bahia Shehab is also the Founder of the University’s Graphic Design Programme.
The book is scheduled to be released by the American University in Cairo Press in December 2020.
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Cairo, EGYPT
Iman Mohamad Jodeh (aka) Iman Jodeh wins state house seat in Colorado by beating her Republican rival Robert Andrew.
-First Arab Muslim woman to win a seat in the Colorado State House Legislature representing the 41st District.
Activity, other:
Education:
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AMERICAN – PALESTINIAN – ARAB AMERICAN
Rashida Hariri Tlaib (aka) Rashida Tlaib – Politician. Lawyer.
Rashida Tlaib wins re-election to the U.S. House in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District.
She is serving as U.S. Representative since 2019.
-First Woman of Palestinian descent in Congress
-First Muslim Woman to serve in the Michigan Legislature. One of the First two muslim women elected to Congress along with Ilhan Omar.
-Member, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) / First DSA member to serve Congress along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Education:
-B.A (Political Science) – Wayne State University
-Juris Doctor – Western Michigan University Cooley law School (2014)
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AMERICAN / PALESTINIAN / ARAB-AMERICAN
Dr. Najat Benchiba-Savenius was named by the British monthly magazine Women in Finance as the ‘Businesswoman for the year 2020’ in the SME category.
Najat Benchiba-Savenius – Founder of Consulting company – Gazelle Advisory Group.
Education:
Graduate – University of Oxford / Masters : Social Science in Applied Linguisitics / PhD – University of Oriental and African Studies, London
Others:
Member – Think Tank team ‘Oxford Strategic Consulting’
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UNITED KINGDOM / MOROCCO