Arabs & Arabian Records Aggregator. Chronicler. Milestones of the 25 Countries of the Arabic Speaking World (official / co-official). AGCC. MENA. Global. Ist's to Top 10's. Records. Read & Enjoy./ www.arabianrecords.org
Al Ahsa Oasis in now certified by Guinness World Records as the Planet’s largest self-contained Oasis.
Al Ahsa Oasis has also the largest date-palm oasis surrounded by sand in the world.
It has also a UNESCO designated status as a World Heritage site. Over 6,000 years old. It has many National Heritage Sites, as well as Human Settlements dating back to thousands of years.
Al Ahsa Oasis stretches across 85.4 sq.km . Irrigated by more than 280 springs of hot, warm and cold water.
Annual Al Ahsa Date Festival conducted here. Well known for its ‘Khalsah Dates‘.
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It includes over 2.5 million date palms watered by a network of over 280 artesian springs / pix: gulfbusiness.com
Historical moment for Women’s Football in Morocco. Bouchra Karboubi lead as the Central Referee in a ‘ Botola Pro 1’ a Top-tier Professional League game in Morocco.
-2018 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) selected Bouchra Karboubi among the ‘Elite A’ or First Class Category Referees
Fadi Ghandour. Business Leader. Entrepreneur. Philanthropist.
-Co-Founder : Aramex . The Middle East’s First courier company with operations beginning from Jordan, 1982. First Arab company to be listed on Nasdaq Stock Exchange.
-Co-Founder or Maktoob.com, later acquired by Yahoo! for USD 85 million dollars (2010).
-Executive Chairman – Wamda Ventures
-Managing Partner – MENA Venture Investments
Non-Profit:
Founder and Chairman – Ruwwad. Focus on Child Development, Youth Organising and Community Support.
Suliman S. Olayan (aka) Sulaiman Saleh Olayan. Business Leader. Entrepreneur. Investor. Philanthropist.
Founder of the Olayan Group
Among the group’s international partners are :
Alpha Graphics , BP Solar , Credit Suisse , Carrefour , HSBC, JP Morgan , Chase Manhattan, Coca-Cola, Bechtel , Morgan Stanley , Goldman Sachs, Kimberly-Clark, Sama Airlines , Colgate-Palmolive , CS First Boston , Toshiba, Xerox, Burger King, Kraft Foods, Baxter International , Occidental Petroleum , Cardinal Health, Scania AB, Texas Chicken , and much more.
Imaam opened and closed the Italian label ‘Moschino’ pre-fall show collection in New York. Moschino typically opens in Italy but made an exception this time.
Honors:
-Appeared on the Covers of Vogue magazine – a record 18 times (4 times Vogue US edition)
-Model of the Year competition – Couturesque magazine – (April 2016)
-Hammam has walked the runways for nearly every top brand including Burberry , Alexander McQueen ,Givenchy , Marc Jacobs, [Maison Margiela] , Prada , Michael Kors, Moschino, Chanel, DKNY , Jean Paul Gaultier , Hugo Boss, Nina Ricci , Jacquemus , Giambattista Valli , Isabel Marrant , Dsquared2 , Lanvin , Stella McCartney , Oscar de la Renta , Dolce & Gabbana , Alberta Ferretti , Derek Lam , Ralph Lauren, Carolina Herrera , Thierry Mugler, rag+bone , Emanuel Ungaro, Roberto Cavalli , Valentino , Balenciaga, Hermes, Tommy Hilfiger, Diane Von Furstenberg, Anna Sui, Vera Wang, Versace, Fendi , Proenza Schouler, Anna Sui, Tom Ford , Dior , Sportmax , Philipp Plein , Brandon Maxwell and Victoria’s Secret.
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Imaan Hammam in the opening outfit of Moschino Pre-Fall Show 2020 in New York City. Source: Moschino
Jordan’s first-ever athlete to win the country’s first Olympic medal – a Gold medal. Ahmad Abughaush defeated 3-London Olympic 2012 Olympic medallists to win the gold at the Rio Olympics, Rio de Janeiro 2016.
First Taekwando athlete in the Arab world to win Gold in Taekwando.
Awards:
-2019 -World Championships, Manchester – Silver
– 2018 – Asian Games, Jakarta – Bronze
– 2017 -Universiade, Taipei – Bronze // Grand Prix, London – Gold // Grand Prix, Moscow – Bronze // World Championships, Muji – Bronze
– 2016 – Olympics, Rio de Janeiro – Gold
– 2012 – Best Jordanian Athlete Award – by Jordan Olympic Committee – Gold
– 2010 – Taekwondo World Championship for Juniors , Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt – Gold
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Ahmad Abughaush by Salem Khames the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men’s 68 kg / en.wikipedia.org
Fahad Badar. Business Leader. Adventurer. High Altitude Climber. Mountaineer.
Business Leader : Executive General Manager, Chief – International Banking – Commercial Bank of Qatar-
Some Records:
2019 -Fahad Badar made history by becoming the first Arab male to double summit both Mount Everest and Lhotse in a single expedition.
2020 – Climbed the highest mountain in the Antartic, Mount Vinson at 4,892m, reaching the summit on January 02nd, 2020. The expedition included 2 guides and 9 team members.
Rami Malek (aka) Rami Said Malek. Actor and Producer. Philanthropy.
Awards/ Honours:
Oscar for the Category ‘Actor in a Leading Role ‘ in Bohemian Rhapsody for his portrayal of the Queen Frontman – Freddie Mercury, at a ceremony at Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles (2019)
Academy Award / Golden Globe Award / Screen Actors Guild Award, British Academy Film Award (2018) – for Freddy Mercy the biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.
Prime time Emmy Award for ‘Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series’ – USA Network Television series ‘ Mr. Robot’ (2016)
-First Actor of Egyptian heritage to wn an ‘Academy Award’ for Best Actor.
-Named as ‘one of the 100 most influential people in the world TIME magazine (2019)
