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DEWA wins Quality Management award from UN SDGs Challenge 2021

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has won the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Challenge 2021.

The award recognises DEWA’s efforts in sustainable development and its support of the UAE’s efforts to achieve the UN SDGs.

DEWA achieved a significant score of 89.17 percent in the sustainability culture indicator index in 2019, exceeding the global average.

The indicator is based on several aspects, including leadership in achieving sustainability, strategic commitment to sustainability, innovation in sustainability, training effectiveness, and awareness about the UN’s SDGs.

source: wam.ae

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

Sarah Malallah: Youngest Kuwaiti to Win International Piano Competitions

Sarah Maitham Malallah , youngest Kuwaiti pianist to win major competitions outside Kuwait.

The six-year-old girl won four competitions from Sept 2020 till Feb 2021.

Awards:

1st place : Karabakh International Culture and Art contest, Azerbaijan (2020)
1st place : 2nd International Music Festival ‘Astana Stars’, Kazakhstan (2020)
1st place : Star Bridge International Contest (in the under 6 category), Germany (Feb 2021)
2nd place : Russian III International Competition ‘Ca Ave Musica’, Turkey
etc…

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KUWAIT

Huda Alkhamis-Kanoo, Founder – Abu Dhabi Festival

Huda I Alhamis-Kanoo, Patron of the Arts

Founder – Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation (ADMAF) – 1996
Founder & Artistic Director : Abu Dhabi Festival (2004)

www.admaf.org / www.abudhabifestival.ae

Awards:

The Abu Dhabi Award and Abu Dhabi Medal (conferred by H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi)
The UN-affiliated Women Together Award
The Aspen Institute Emerging Voice Award for Cultural Stewardship
The Puccini Festival Foundation Award,
The Middle East Institute’s Visionary Award,
etc…

Orders Conferred:

The Commander of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (Orden de Isabel la Católica), conferred upon her by HM Juan Carlos, former King of Spain, by order of HM Philip IV, King of Spain
The Medal of Civil Merit of Spain
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz)
Commendatore dell’Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà of Italy
Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur of France
Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France
The Belgian Officer of the Order of the Crown, bestowed upon her by HM Albert II, King of Belgium
The Gloria Artis Medal of Poland
Order of the British Empire (OBE), bestowed upon her by HM Queen Elizabeth the Second
etc…

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Huda Alkhamis-Kanoo is the founder of Admaf and artistic director of the Abu Dhabi Festival. Courtesy Abu Dhabi Festival / pix: thenationalnews.com

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

Abdul Jerri – Mathematician

Dr. Abdul Jerri (aka) Dr. Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri – Mathematician

Academician:

Last position held : Professor Emeritus – Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York (1967-2002)

Editor:

Founding Editor – Sampling Theory in Signal and Image processing (STSIP- An International Journal)
Owner – Sampling Publishing

Books:

Introduction to Integral Equations with Applications (Pure & Applied Mathematics) – 1985
Integral and Discrete Transforms with Applications and Error Analysis (Chapman & Hall/ CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics) – 1992
Linear Difference Equation with Discrete Transform Methods (Mathematics and Its Applications) 363 – 1996
The Gibbs Phenomenon in Fourier Analysis, Splines and Wavelet Approximations (Mathematics and Its Applications ) 446 – 1998 ..
etc..

Education:

B.Sc – Physics – University of Baghdad (1955)
M.S. – Physics – Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (1960)
Ph.D – Mathematics, Oregon State University (1967)

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AMERICAN / IRAQI AMERICAN / ARAB AMERICAN

Mona Khazindar: First Female (and First Saudi) Director of the Arab World Institute, Paris

Arts Curator and Historian.

Director-General of Institut de Monde Arabe (IMA) aka Arab World Institute based in Paris
Co-curated First Saudi Pavilion at the 54th Venice Art Bienniale (2011)

Books Published :

‘View from the Inside : Contemporary Arab Photography, Videos and Mixed Media Art’ (2014)
‘Visions from Abroad: Historical and Contemporary Representation of Saudi Arabia’

Honours:

‘Woman of the Year’ by Forum of Arab Women

Education:

Masters : Modern History, Sorbonne

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SAUDI ARABIA

Emel Mathlouthi Tunisian Singer Releases new Album ‘EMEL – The Tunis Diaries : 2020

Emel Mathlouthi (aka) Emel . Singer. Songwriter. Music Producer.

On October 23, Tunisian-born/New York-based experimental singer Emel released‘The Tunis Diaries’ .

A double EP that features a collection of newly recorded reworks from Emel’s catalog (‘Day’), paired with an eclectic selection of covers (‘Night’).

Equipped with only a laptop, tape recorder, and a classical guitar she crowdsourced from a local fan via Facebook, Emel created ‘The Tunis Diaries’ entirely in Tunis after she was unexpectedly quarantined in her childhood home this Spring.

www.emelmathlouthi.com

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TUNISIA / New York, U.S.A.

Egypt’s Tahya Misr Fund Breaks the Record for the ‘World’s Largest Humanitarian Aid Convoy : December 2020

Egypt’s Tahya Misr Fund sets a new record for the World’s Largest Aid Convoy with 470 trucks carrying food and other essentials on behalf of ‘The Long Live Egypt Fund’.

The Record was certified by Guinness World Records.

The convoy set off on November 20th, 2020 to poor villages in the 27 Egyptian governorates to distribute food. It had 1 million cartons of foodstuffs, 2,000 tons of poultry, 1 million blankets, over 500,000 items of clothing, 1,500 dialysis machines to serve 120,000 patients and 1,000 wheel chairs for distribution.

The cost of the ‘The Long Live Egypt Fund’ initiative had reached EGP 1 billion (USD 63.88 million) and is dedicated to serving 1 million citizens.

The previous record holder was the Netherlands with 416 trucks since 2004.

Another Record Broken:

The largest poultry donation convoy in the world

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EGYPT

Egyptian Hala El-Said Awarded ‘Arab Government Excellence Award’ : December 2020

Dr. Hala Helmy El-Said was awarded the ‘Arab Government Excellence Award’ as the Best Arab Minister.

Hala H El-Said Ph.D . Minister. Egyptian Economist. Academic. Author.

Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Egypt

Positions:

First elected Dean- Faculty of Economics and Political Science (2011)
Deputy President – Scientific Research and Exterior Relations , Cairo University (2013)
Board Member – Central Bank of Egypt
Executive Director – Egyptian Banking Institute(EBI) for 8 consequetive years
Advisor to the Governor – Central Bank of Egypt (CBE)
Member, Board of Trustees of Anti-Money Laundering Unit at Central Bank of Egypt (CBE)
Board Member – Arab African International Bank

Education :

Ph.D – Economics – Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University (1989)

Academic Papers :

Author of a wide range of internationally acclaimed research papers, studies and reports

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EGYPT

Lebanese Footwear Fashion Designer – Andreas Wazen Wins ‘Emerging Talent Award : December 2020

Andreas Wazen. Footwear Fashion Designer

Andreas Wazen wins the ‘Emerging Talent Prize’ at the ‘FNAA 2020 Digital Awards’ – Footwear News Achievement Awards held on December 08th, 2020

Footwear manufactured in Lebanon. Based with a Boutique in Beirut and retailers in other countries.

Awards;

‘Accessories Designer of the Year – by Fashion Trust Arabia (May 2020)

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Photo : Courtesy of Andrea Wazen / footwearnews.com

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LEBANON

Moroccan Achraf Hakimi – ‘Fastest Football Player’ in Bundesliga’s History : 2020

Achraf Hakimi Mouch (aka) Achraf Hakimi. Professional International Football Player.

The German Bundesliga football league has named the International Football player Achraf Hakimi as the fastest player in Germany with a record speed of 36.49 km/h (22.67 miles/h)

Achraf Hakimi plays as full-back for Serie A club – Inter Milan . He is on loan to Borussia Dortmund. He is also a key player in the National Football team of Morocco.

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pix; en.wikipedia.org / Hakimi with Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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MOROCCO. SPAIN