Tag: Records of MENA

Leila Ben Youssef – Record Holding Athlete – Pole Vault

Leila Ben Youssef (aka) Leila Maryam Ben Youssef. Track Athlete. Pole Vault.

Currently: Dr. Leila M. Ben-Youssef, MD – Emergency Medicine

Awards / Honours:

  • Gold Medal – All African Games, Algiers, Algeria (2007)
  • Gold Medal – Pan African Games, Egypt (2007)
  • Gold Medal – African Championship, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2008)
  • Represented Tunisian National Track & Field Team, Summer Olympics Beijing

Education :

  • Masters Degree – Medical Anthropology, Stanford University

Grand daughter of Tunisian Politician Salah Ben Youssef

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pix: amchamjrtbs.com

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AMERICAN / TUNISIAN / AMERICAN-TUNISIAN

Dr. Elias Zerhouni – Scientist, Radiologist, Inventor and Entrepreneur

Dr. Elias Zerhouni (aka) Elias Adam Zerhouni. Scientist. Inventor. Entrepreneur. Researcher. Radiologist and bio-medical engineer.

Position/s:

  • President – Global Research and Development at pharmaceutical company – Sanofi (2011 – 2018)
  • Senior Fellow – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2009 – 2010)
  • President Obama appointed Dr. Zerhouni as ‘Presidential Science Envoy’ – (2009)
  • First immigrant to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in (2002 – 2008)
  • Executive Vice-Dean – Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine (1995-2002)

Awards:

  • Gold Medal for American Roentgen Ray Society
  • Gold Medal – Radiological Society of North America
  • 2 awards – Paul Lauterbur Awards for MRI Research
  • Woodrow Wilson Award for services to the Johns Hopkins University
  • Ben Franklin Medal
  • etc….

Honours:

  • Elected to National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (2000)
  • Elected to National Academy of Engineering (2013)
  • Legion d’honneur for French National Order by President Nicolas Sarkozy (2008)
  • etc….

Entrepreneur : Co-Founder of

  • Computerized Imaging Reference Systems (CIRS) – (1982)
  • Advanced Medical Imaging (1989)
  • Biopsys Corporation
  • American Radiology Services (1996)
  • Surgivision Inc.

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pix : en.wikipedia.org

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AMERICAN / ALGERIAN-AMERICAN

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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pix: see.news

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EGYPT

Mohamed Bourouissa – French Algerian Artist Awarded ‘Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2020 : September

Mohamed Bourouissa. Artist. Activist

He was awarded the USD 38,000 ‘Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation Prize 2020’ for his ‘Free Trade’ installation.

It was first exhibited across an entire floor at a Monoprix Supermarket in France as a part of the ‘Les Recontres d’Artes Photography Festival’ in 2019.

Bourouissa uses different mediums including photography, video, painting, text, drawing and sculpture.

His work reflects the lives of the marginalised and dispossessed.

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The Algerian-born artist is known for his politically-charged series that highlight the marginalized communities of Paris. File/Supplied / pix: arabnews.com

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FRANCE / FRENCH-ALGERIAN

First Arab Actor To Receive ‘Dubai Star’ – Egyptian Ahmed Helmy : October 2019

Ahmed Helmy’s (Ahmed Muhamed Helmy Abdel Rahman Awwad) name was placed in the ‘Celebrity Corridor in Dubai’ , an Arab Version of the ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’.

Ahmed Helmy – Actor. Comedian. Film Producer. TV Presenter. TV Personality. Author

Dubai Star was launched with the first 400 stars in October 2019.

The Dubai Stars is a grand tribute to renowned personalities who have positively contributed to the world through their work in various fields, such as filmmaking, art, architecture and music.

pix: ElFajr News – commons.wikipedia.com

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Egypt