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Burj Khalifa, Holds 7 of the World’s Records : Dubai, UAE

Burj Khalifa is the World’s Tallest Building. A living wonder.

At over 828 metres (8,216 feet) and more than 160 stories. It holds the following world records.

WORLD RECORDS:

Tallest building in the world
Tallest free-standing structure in the world
Highest number of stories in the world
Highest occupied floor in the world
Highest outdoor observation deck in the world
Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world
Tallest service elevator in the world

Emaar Properties PJSC is the master developer of Burj Khalifa.

www.burjkhalifa.ae

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Dubai / United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Miriam Merad elected to U.S’s ‘National Academy of Sciences’ : May 2020

Immunologist Dr. Miriam Merad elected to the prestigious American National Academy of Sciences.

Presently:

Professor – Cancer Immunology
Director – Precision Immunology Institute , ICahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York City, New York
Vice President – International Union of Immunological Sciences

Awards:

William B Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic & Tumour Immunology (2018)
Leukemia Research Foundation Award (2006)
Member – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Member – American Society for Clinical Investigation

Education:

M.D. – Algiers 1 University / – Paris Diderot University
PhD – Stanford University

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American / French-Arab / Algeria

Ayanleh Souleiman – Athlete – Indoor World Record – 2016

Ayanleh Souleiman (aka) Hassan Ayanleh (aka) Hassan Ayanleh Souleiman winner – Indoor World Record for 1000 metres at Globengalan event, Stockholm, Sweden.

Middle distance runner with a specialisation in 1500 metres

Awards:

Indoor World Record for 1000 metres – Globengalan event, Stockholm, Sweden (2016)
Winner – Men’s 1000 metres – IAAF Diamond League Record – (2016)
Winner – Bowerman Mile – Prefontaine Classic, Hayward field, Oregon (2014)
Bronze Medal – World Championships in Athletics, Moscow (2013)
Silver Medal – 1500 metres – African Championships in Athletics (2012)
Winner – 1500 metres – Pan Arab Games, Doha (2011). Won Djibouti’s first medal in the competition.

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Djibouti

Saudi Falconry Festival Breaks World Record : Feb 2019

‘ King Abdul Aziz Falconry Festival ‘ confirmed by Guinness World Records (GWR) as the ‘ World’s Largest Falcon Racing Tournament ‘

The participation of a record 723 falcons , competing for 10 day ( Jan 25 to Feb 03, 2019). The total purse value at SR 17,630,00.

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Saudi Arabia

Hamad Port, Qatar – New Record ‘Deepest Artificial Port Basin created on Land’ – September 2019

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

Dubai achieves – World’s First 3-D Printed Commercial Building : February 2020

Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) achieved the Guinness World Record title.

The building measures 6 metres (20 feet high), 36.57m (120 feet) long and 12.19m (40 feet) wide and was created on only one printer.

The building took 17 days to print and 3 months to build.

It it planned to be the home of the ‘Dubai Future Academy’ (DFAc), Dubai, UAE

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Nawal El Moutawakel – Olympian – Gold Medallist .

Nawal El Moutawakel , Morocco. Olympic Gold Medallist. 400 metres hurdles, women. Summer Olympics – 1984

Positions :

Minister for Youth and Sports, Morocco – 2007
Council Member – International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) – 1995
Council Member – International Olympic Committee (IOC) – 1998
President – Assocation Marocaine des Sports ets Development (AMSD)
Vice-President – Moroccan Royal Federation of Athletics

Firsts :

First Woman from a Muslim majority country to win an Olympic Gold Medal
First Moroccan to win an Olympic Gold Medal

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Morocco

Nicolas Hayek – Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board: SWATCH Group – Switzerland

Dr.Nicolas Hayek (aka) Dr. Nicolas George Hayek. Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO – The Swatch Group.

The Swatch Group was earlier ‘Societe Suisse de Microelectronique et d’Horologerie’ or SMH. Later The Swatch Group.

The watch brands of the Swatch Group being Swatch, Blancpain, Omega, Longines, Rado, Tissot, Certina, Mido, Hamilton, Pierre Balmain, Calvin Klein, Flik Flak, Breguet and Lanco.

Nicolas Hayek is credited with the engineering and re-birth of the Swiss Watch industry.

He is the inventor of the Swatch Watch Company which used only 51 parts as opposed to the nearly 100 parts needed to make a traditional wrist watch. At the time it was first and foremost a technological break through.

-Member- Advisory Board of EPFC (Ecole Polytechniqu Federale de Lausanne)

Awards:

Distinction of ‘Grosses Ehrenzeichen mit Stern ‘ – Government of Austria
Conferred ‘Officier de la legion d’honneur ‘ – Government of France
Conferred ‘Commander de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ – Government of France
Appointed ‘Honorary Citizen of Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
Conferred ‘Meisterschwanden’ – Aargau
Awarded ‘ Swiss Lifetime Achievement Award (January 2007)

www.swatchgroup.com

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Swiss / Lebanese-American / Swiss-Arab

The 2nd Tallest Residential Building in the World – Princess Tower – Dubai (U.A.E) : September 2012

Princess Tower, Marina District, Dubai, U.A.E.

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.

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

World Record. Longest Handmade Gold Chain – Dubai (UAE) : 2015

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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Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES