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World’s 3rd Largest Mosque & World’s Tallest Minaret : Algeria – October 2020

Grand Mosque Algeria (aka) Djamma El Djzair (aka) Great Mosque of Algiers, with a hall capacity to serve a maximum of 120,000 worshippers.

3rd Largest Mosque in the World after the holy mosques of Makkah (Mecca) and Madinah (Medina)
Largest Mosque in Africa
World’s Tallest Minaret at 267 metres . The minaret is fitted with elevators and viewing platforms which has 37 floors, overlooking the Capital and Bay of Algiers.

Designed by German Architects KSP Juergen Engel Architektes. Engineers Krebs und Kiefer International. Contractor : China State Construction Engineering Corporation.

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ALGERIA

Nabil Nayal – Fashion Designer

Nabil El-Nayal (aka) Nabil Nayal. Fashion Designer.

Founder , ready-to-wear fashion brand ‘Nabil Nayal’

Education:

Ph.D : in Fashion, Manchester Metropolitan University, Fashion Institute
Masters – Royal College of Arts
B.A. (Hons) – Fashion, Manchester Metropolitan (2008)

Awards/ Honours :

Royal Society of Arts Award 2008
Graduate Fashion Week ‘Best Womenswear’ Award 2008
British Fashion Council MA Scholarship Award – for the Royal College of Arts 2008
Crown Paint 2009 (interior design competition)
Harrods Launches 2010
Fashion Fringe Semi-Finalist 2011
LVMH Prize shortlist 2015
LVMH Prize finalist 2017
BFC Fashion Trust Grant and Mentoring 2019

www.nabilnayal.com

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UNITED KINGDOM / SYRIAN / BRITISH ARAB

First Best Actor – Oscar Winner of Middle Eastern Descent – F Murray Abraham

Murray Abraham (aka) F Murray Abraham . Actor. Hollywood movies. Television. Theater and Stage Actor. Narrator.

F Murray Abraham. He later added an F to his stage name in honour of his father Fahrid ‘Fred’ Abraham.

Oscar Winner. Won an Oscar Award for his leading role as Antonio Salieri in the drama film ‘Amadeus’ (1984). He also won

Awards :

Theatre :-

Obie Award – Best Performance ‘Uncle Vanya ‘ 1984
Obie Award – Sustained Excellence of Performance ‘ The Merchant of Venice’ -2011

Film :

Academy Award – Best Actor – Amadeus (1985)
Golden Globe Award – Best Actor – Drama (1985)
LAFCA – Best Actor (1985)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award – Best Actor (1985)
Albert Schweitzer Award – Classic Film Acting (1985)
Georgia Film Critics Association – Best Ensemble (2015)
Southern Film Critics Association – Best Ensemble (2015)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association – Best Ensemble (2015)
Detroit Film Critics Society – Best Ensemble (2015)

Honours :

Awarded the “Premio per gli Italiani nel Mondo“. This is a prize distributed by the Marzio Tremaglia foundation and Italian government to Italian emigrants and their descendants who have distinguished themselves abroad (2014)
Recognized by the Alumni Association of the City College of New York with John H. Finley Award in recognition of exemplary dedicated service to the City of New York. (2009)
Recipient of The Gielgud Award (Theatre) (2010)

Hall of Fame:

Inductee to the American Theater Hall of Fame (2015)

Honorary Doctorate:

Honorary doctorate from Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey

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AMERICAN /SYRIAN DESCENT

World Record Created for the ‘ Biggest Virtual Rock Concert in History’ by ‘Global Village’ – Dubai : 31st October, 2020

Global Village in Dubai, has created a world record for ‘ Most Videos in a Music Medley during ‘Global Gig’ the biggest rock concert in history.

Rockin’1000, said to be the ‘largest rock band on earth’ brought to-gether thousands of musicians from over 80 countries in the region and around the world.

Certified by Guinness World Records.

This World Record breaking event was in partnership with Arabian Radio Network (ARN), Emirates and the Jumeirah Beach Hotel.

Global Village is celebrating its Silver Jubilee this year. It has set out on a 25 World Records Bids Journey this year.

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Dubai Global Village broke a new Guinness World Records title for the “most videos in a music medley video” during Friday night’s ‘Global Gig. Image Credit: / gulfnews.com

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DUBAI , UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Naama – Queen of Tunisian Pop Music

Naama (aka) Halima Echiekh , Queen of Tunisian Pop Music.

Titled as ‘Tunisia’s first Artist’ (1969). Has a legacy of over 360 songs

Named ‘Official Singer on National Radio’ (1958)

Best remembered for her songs ‘Ellila Eid’ /Eddounya Haniya / Lilah Ya Lil / Mahleha Kilma fi fommi / Chara’a el Hob etc.

Passed away: October 18th, 2020

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TUNISIA

World’s Largest Fountain – The Palm Fountain, Dubai (UAE) – October 23rd, 2020

The Palm Fountain at The Pointe, the Palm Jumeirah broke the record for the World’s largest fountain.

The Palm Fountain measures 7,327 sq. metres and spreads 14,000 sq. feet of sea water equipped with shooters capable of blasting water 105 metres into the air and features 3,000 LED lights in multiple colours.

Certified by Guinness World Records.

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)

Yasmine Al Massri . Hollywood & International Actress.

Yasmine Al Massri. Actress. Dancer. Video Artist. Human Rights Activist.

Hollywood and International Actress.

Movies/ TV Series – etc:

-Caramel – directed by Nadine Labaki

-ABC drama series – Quantico

-American TV series : Crossbones

-Al-mor wa al rumman / Al Juma Al Akheira Miral

Awards:

-Best Actress Award for Caramel (2007), Abu Dhabi Film Festival

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AMERICAN / FRENCH / PALESTINE / EGYPT

Wasini Al-A’raj . Novelist. Writer.

Dr.Wasini Al-Araj (aka) Waciny Laredj. Novelist. Short-story writer. Translator. Academic.

Awards/Honours:

2007 Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature, winner for The Prince’s Book: The Paths of the Wooden Gates
2011 International Prize for Arabic Fiction , longlisted for البيت الأندلسي (The Andalucian House)
2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, longlisted for رماد الشرق (Ashes of the East)
2015 Katara Prize for Arabic Novel , inaugural winner of the grand prize valued at $260,000 for Butterfly Kingdom

Selected Works: Published more than a dozen books. Available in Arabic and French.

al-Bawwaba al-Zarqa (The Blue Gate, 1980)
Waqa’i min Awja Rajulin Ghamara Sawb al-Bahr (Facts from the Sufferings of a Man Who Ventured Toward the Sea, 1981)
Waq al-Ahdhiya al-Khashina (The sound of the rough shoes, 1981)
Ma tabaqqa min Sirat Lakhdar Hamrush (What Remains from the Biography of Lakhdar Hamrush, 1982),
Nuwwar al-Lawz (Almond Blossoms, 1983)
Masra Ahlam Maryam al-Wadi’a (The Death of Tender Maryam’s Dreams, 1984)
Asmak al-Barr al-Mutawahhish (The fish of the wild land, 1986)
Damir al-Gha’ib (1990)
Faji’at al-Layla al-Sabi’a ba’d al-Alf, Raml al-Maya (The Disaster of the Seventh Night after the One Thousand Night, Raml al-Maya, 1993)
La Gardienne des ombres. Don Quichotte à Alger (Protector of the Shadows: Don Quixote in Algiers, 1996; Harisat al-Dhilal, Don Quishotte fi’l-Jaza’ir, 1999)
Les Miroirs de l’aveugle (The Mirrors of the Blind Man; Maraya al-Darir, 1998)
al-Makhtuta al-Sharqiyya (The Eastern Manuscript, 2002)
Kitab al-Amir: masalik abwab al-hadid (The Prince’s Book: The Paths of the Wooden Gates, 2004)
Al-Bayt al-Andalusi (The Andalusian House, 2011)
Mamlakatu al farasha (The kingdom of the batterfly, 2013)
Nissaou Casanova (Casanova’s women, 2016)

Married to poet Zineb Laouedj and collaborated with her on an anthology of African literature in French titled ‘Anthologie de la nouvelle narration africane’.

Education:-

Ph.D – University of Damascus
M.A – University of Damascus
B.A.- Arabic Literature, University of Algeria

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pix: https://www.facebook.com/AC-Wasini-Al-Araj-147133115312279/photos/

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ALGERIA

World’s Largest Coffee Painting , by Saudi Female Artist Ohud Abdullah Almalki : October 2020

Ohud Abdullah Almalki . Jeddah based Artist.

Ohud Almalki is the first Saudi Woman Artist to single-handedly break a Guinness World Record for the Worlds Largest Coffee Painting.

She illustrated the founding fathers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The late King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman and Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

The project was an uninterrupted 45 days of illustration and painting under continuous supervision.

The artwork was created on a canvas of 7 connected cloths called Naseej I (meaning woven to-gether) in 220 sq. meters, 15.84 m long and 13.95 m wide. She used 4 different shades of brown coffee, approximately 4.5 kg of expired coffee granules with water.

The edge was done in typical Bedouin decoration style known as Al-Sadu.

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SAUDI ARABIA

Qatar Airways ‘Think Pink’ Flight’s All-Female Crew “Draws” – Ribbon in the Sky : October 2020

The Doha based Qatar Airways honoured Breast Cancer Awareness month in a special way by drawing the iconic ‘Ribbon’ in the skyy.

An all-female crew with female pilots, cabin crew, ATC controller, engineer, dispatches and passengers took off from Hamad International Airport, Doha.

They operated a 787-8 Boeing special flight over Qatar QR 9901, of over 1 hour 20 minutes with registration code A7-BCM.

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QATAR