Emirati Referee Yahya Ali Al Mulla has been included in the Asian Football Confederation’s referees for the elite panel for 2021
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)
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
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.
Positions:
Education :
Academic Papers :
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EGYPT
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;
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LEBANON
Amer Al Jabri invented the award winning ‘E7 Reader’, a high-tech method to detect passport fraud. The E7 Reader scans a passport’s details and identifies fake/altered documents in less than 5 seconds.
He won a Silver Medal at the Seoul International Invention Fair 2020 held in December and had 700 participants from 45 countries.
Awards:
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)
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
Omeir Saeed – wakeboarder from Abu Dhabi broke 2 Guinness World Records (GWR) previously set by Jerome Macquart 2004 and 2005 respectively.
Omeir Saeed’s new GWR records are in the category
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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Saudi Arabia hosts the G20 Summit in 2020. First for an Arab Nation.
Leader’ Summit
In 2020, the G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held virtually, proudly hosted by the Saudi G20 Presidency. The virtual meeting will take place over two days on November 21-22, 2020.
The Group of Twenty, or the G20, is the premier forum for international economic cooperation. The G20 brings together the leaders of both developed and developing countries from every continent.
Each G20 Presidency develops a theme for the year which is central to international discussions. The 2020 G20 Presidency will focus discussions, forums, working groups and Ministerial Meetings under the theme of:
Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All
www.g20.org
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SAUDI ARABIA
Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem (aka) Walid Al-Moallem. Diplomat.
Longest serving veteran Foreign Minister of Syria (2006- 2020). Also served concurrently as Deputy Prime Minister of Syria (2012-2020)
Passed away on November 16th, 2020
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SYRIA
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