Dana Shubat was appointed by U.S. President Joe Biden to the White House Team as Senior Legal Affairs Advisor.
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AMERICAN / ARAB-AMERICAN / JORDANIAN-AMERICAN
U.S. President Joe Biden appoints Maher Al-Bitar as Director of Intelligence Service in the NSC.
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AMERICAN / ARAB-AMERICAN / PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN
Biden appoints Jordanian-American Reema Dodin as White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs
Serves as Co-Deputy Director, White House Office of Legislative Affairs.
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U.S.A / ARAB-AMERICAN /PALESTINIAN- JORDANIAN -AMERICAN
Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s “The Man Who Sold his Skin” was awarded the International Coproduction Lumiere Award, while Tunisian-French actor Sami Bouajila took home the Best Actor Lumiere Award for his performance in Mehdi Barsaoui’s “A Son.”
The Lumieres — the French equivalent of the American Golden Globes — was held in January 2021 and broadcast on French TV channel Canal+. France-based foreign reporters vote on the film awards.
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TUNISIAN / TUNISIAN-FRENCH
Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa was awarded a rare medal by US President Donald Trump in recognition of his “remarkable efforts” to consolidate relations and the close partnership between the two countries, Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported on Tuesday.
Trump decorated the monarch with the Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, “a rarely-awarded, prestigious decoration that can only be bestowed by the president, typically to chiefs of state or heads of government of other countries,” the White House said.
The king was also recognized for his “prominent role in pushing bilateral cooperation to broader and more comprehensive horizons, which promoted the common interests of the two countries and its peoples,” BNA said.
source: arabnews.com
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BAHRAIN
Jessy Moussallem. Women Filmmaker. Story Teller.
Written and directed “Roman’ a music video for the band Mashrou’ Leila. Followed up with a couple more directorial assignments.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) and the Arab Parliament for the Child today signed an agreement to host the permanent headquarters of the Arab Parliament for the Child in the Emirate of Sharjah.
The agreement was signed by Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Jarman, Assistant Minister for Human Rights and International Law at MoFAIC, and Ayman Othman Al-Barut, Secretary-General of the Arab Parliament for the Child, at the Ministry’s headquarters, in the presence of Sheikh Fahim bin Sultan Bin Khalid Al Qasimi, Member of the Executive Council and Chairman of Sharjah’s Department of Government Relations.
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The first female Skating National Team of Saudi Arabia was founded in 2018.
The President of Saudi Skating Team is Zaher Al-Asiri, its coach is Abdul Aziz Al-Qahtani and the teams’ Media and Public Relations Officer is Aljawhara Minwer.
The Saudi Skating League was also established.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Two Saudi Women Asrar Damdam and Lama Al-Abdi recently won awards from the L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program for their work.
Dr. Asrar Damdam, was honored in the Ph.D. students’ category for her role in the development of a pump meant to revolutionize the way a healthy heartbeat is regulated — combining medicine, electrical engineering and electro-physics.
Dr. Lama Al-Abdi in recognition of her research on chromatin — a substance within chromosomes consisting of DNA and protein — and the regulation of genes in relation to vision loss.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Elias Rahbani – Musician, Composer, Song Writer, Performer, Conductor.
Elias was the youngest brother of celebrated musicians Mansour and Assi Rahbani, known together as the Rahbani brothers.
In a career spanning almost six decades, Elias Rahbani wrote music for many famous Lebanese singers Fairuz including the late Wadih al-Safi and Sabah.
Elias Rahbani distinguished himself from his brothers, who were the industry’s best known duo, with his more modern styles and mix of Middle Eastern and Western music that won him international awards. He wrote some of Fairouz’ best hits, as well as the music and lyrics for many patriotic songs.
He has more than 2,500 songs to his credit, almost half of which were composed for film, television or advertising, a field in which he was a pioneer among the artists of his region.
Elias Rahbani passed away on Monday – January 04th, 2021
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LEBANON