Hiam Abbas (aka) Hiyam Abbassa. Actress. Film Director.
Hollywood Film, TV shows. French Films
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Born in Nazareth, Israel. Arab citizen of Israel.
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ISRAEL (Arab Israeli) / FRENCH
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.
Hiba Aboukhris Benslimane (aka) Hiba Abouk . Television Actress. Model.
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SPAIN / LIBYAN-TUNISIAN
Book title : ‘Reflections : Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa’
Dr. Venetia Porter is currently the British Museum curator of ‘Islamic and Contemporary Middle East Art’ at the British Museum.
Porter edited the publication with scholar Natasha Morris and SOAS Professor Charles Tripp.
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London, U.K
Kuwaiti play ‘System Out Of Order’ entered the Guinness Book of Records as the ‘First Virtual Performance in the Arab World’.
The plays’ actor and director was Mohammed Al Hamli.
The play was shown digitally-remotely and the number of tickets sold on May 25th, Eid Al Fitr day was 1,474 breaking the record for tickets sold on one day – for an electronic comedy show.
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KUWAIT
Dr Khawla Al Romaithi travelled the world solo, across the 7 continents and broke the world record for ‘fastest time to travel all seven continents’ .
The whole trip took 3 days, 14 hours, 46 minutes and 48 seconds. Her epic travel journey ended in Sydney, Australia on February 13th, 2020.
The record was announced on the occasion of Guinness World Records Day. The journey was in sync with this years’ theme ‘Discover Your World’.
Dr. Khawla Al Romaithi’s record broke the previous record achieved by Kacey Stewart and Julie Berry (both of USA) on December 2017.
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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)
Amal Al Raisi – Founder and Creative Director. : Dar Al Aseel
Fashion Designer . Omani Women’s Wear, over 12 years plus Label: Dar Al Aseel.
Available in Oman and regionwide through selected retail outlets.
www.amalalraisi.com
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OMAN
The book covers 4 generations of Arab designers.
Co-authored by Bahia Shehab, Professor of Practice at American University in Cairo and Haytham Nawar , Artist and Academic also of the American University in Cairo.
Bahia Shehab is also the Founder of the University’s Graphic Design Programme.
The book is scheduled to be released by the American University in Cairo Press in December 2020.
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Cairo, EGYPT
Grand Mosque Algeria (aka) Djamma El Djzair (aka) Great Mosque of Algiers, with a hall capacity to serve a maximum of 120,000 worshippers.
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ALGERIA
Nabil El-Nayal (aka) Nabil Nayal. Fashion Designer.
Founder , ready-to-wear fashion brand ‘Nabil Nayal’
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www.nabilnayal.com
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UNITED KINGDOM / SYRIAN / BRITISH ARAB