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The two private schools that have been named to the world rankings of ‘Top 100 Private Schools ‘are: Cranleigh Abu Dhabi and Dubai College.
In yet another classification for the ‘Top 5 Private Schools in the Middle East Region’ , 3 more that are named in addition to the above two: Brummana High School (Lebanon), Doha College (Qatar) and King’s Academy (Jordan).
The rankings are based on a new league table ‘ Spear’s School Index 2020’.
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Cranleigh Abu Dhabi has been selected as one the world’s top 100 private schools. Courtesy: Cranleigh Abu Dhabi / pix: thenational.ae
– Director General and Group CEO – ADNOC / Chairman – MASDAR / Chairman – UAE National Media Council / Chairman of the Board – Abu Dhabi Ports / Chairman of the Board – Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation (ADMIC) / Chairman – Sky News Arabia ….
On the Board of several Organisations etc..
International:
UN’s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC) – 2009
UAE’s Special Envoy for Energy and Climate Change – 2010
Honours:
Named one of UN’s ‘Champions of the Earth’ – Category: Entrepreneurial Vision (2012)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) – 2013
Medal of National Order of Merit – Mauritania – 2013
Education:
Ph.D – Business and Economics, Coventry University, UK
M.BA -California State University, Los Angeles
BS – Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California
Others:
Advocate of Alternative Energy Sustainable Development
Chairman Mansour Group (The Mansour Group controls 9 of Egypt’s top Fortune 500 companies)
Business Highlights:
Distributors for General Motors : Egypt, Iraq and Libya
Distributors of Caterpillar : Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda
McDonald’s Franchises in Egypt
Distributors for IBM, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Compac
Distributors for : Marlboro, Merit, LM
METRO – largest supermarket chain in Egypt. Established their own brand.
Investment subsidiary : Man Capital, London
-Other Highlights
-Served as Egypt’s Minister of Transport (2006-2009)
Education:
-Engineering Degree, North Carolina University (1968)
-MBA : Auburn University (1971) and taught there until 1973
Board & Advisory :
-Board Member – Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, George Town University / Board Member – George Washington School of Business Advisory Board / Member – International Advisory Board of Coca Cola / Member – The Egyptian Stock Exchange / Member – The Social Fund for Development / Trustee of the American University of Cairo / Chairman – Egypt-US Business Council etc..
UAE’s ‘Hope or Emirates Mars Mission’ was launched heading for Mars.
A rocket carrying a Mars Hope Explorer developed at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai took off. The historical event also marked the 50th anniversary of the Founding of the UAE.
It is expected to travel 493.5 million kilometres over 9 months to reach orbit around Mars in 2021. It will stay 20,000 to 40,000 Km above Mars and orbit the planet every 55 hours.
The H2A rocket carrying the Hope Explorer lifted off from Tanogashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Successfully launched by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
A U.S-Israeli official delegation led by Jared Kushner, Senior Adviser to US President Donald Trump, arrived at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi on August 31st, 2020.
The first Israeli commercial plane on which the word ‘peace’ was printed in Arabic, English and Hebrew above its cockpit window landed in UAE.
The flight was numbered after UAE’s International dialing code and the return flight set to leave Abu Dhabi is El Al 972 which is Israel’s dialing code.
Kahramaa (Qatar General Electric and Water Corporation) entered the Guinness Book of Records for the category – ‘Volume of the Largest Water Tank of its Kind in the World’.
It has 436,000 cubic meters (exceeding 96 million imperial gallons) capacity.
Qatar’s new world record reflects the efficiency and its strategy to enhance water security for its nation.
The 2020 Martin Ennals Awards ceremony was co-hosted by the Martin Ennal Foundation and the City of Geneva.
Al-Sarari is one amongst the 3 women awarded as laureates for Human Rights Defenders. The other two are Sizani Ngubane (South Africa) and Norma Librada Ledezma(Mexico).
For the first time in the history of the Award, all three finalists are winners.
Education:
Masters’ Degree – Women’s studies and Development, Women’s Centre – Aden University
Bachelor’s Degree – Sharia and Law, Aden University
Heaviest aircraft pulled over 100 m by a team (female).
A team of 77 female officers of Dubai police established a world record by pulling a Boeing 777-300ER weighing 168.801 tonnes (168,801 kg/372,142 lb) over 100 meters distance.
Dubai Police entered the Guinness Book of World Records thanks to the feat of 77 of its officers, exclusively females, who dragged an Emirates plane .
A feat for a great cause
The aircraft, a Boeing 777 of 74 meter-long and 240 tons, was pulled with one rope attached to its undercarriage. The exploit was part of Dubai Fitness Challenge, a wonder event that aims to encourage residents to exercise more.
Lubna Suliman Olayan (aka) Lubna Olayan . Business Woman. Business Executive. Philanthropist.
Breaking the Glass ceiling :
Firsts:
The Saudi British Bank (SABB ) and Alawwal (First) Bank have appointed Lubna Olyan as the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the merged banks, to become the first Saudi woman to hold this position.
First woman in Saudi history to deliver an opening keynote at a major conference in Saudi Arabia – Jeddah Economic Forum (Jan 2004)
-Chairman – Saudi British Bank and Alawwal Bank – merger / Former CEO – Olayan Financing Company
-On the Board of several Saudi Arabian and International Companies etc…
Awards/Honours :
-One of the Top 100 most influential people of 2005 – Time magazine / Forbes list of Most Powerful Women
-Awarded Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year (2010) etc…
Education :
-MBA : Business Management, Kelly’s School of Business, University of Indiana, USA / Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture : Cornell University, USA
-Chevalier of the Legion of Honour – France / – Grand officier of the National Order of Merit – France / Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Letrres – France / Knight First class of the Order of the Lion of Finland / Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar – Lebanon / Officier of the Order of Cultural Merit – Monaco
-Spanish Prince of Asturias Award for Literature (2010)
-Sheikh Zayed Book Award for “Cultural Personality of the Year” -2016
-Elected member of the Academie francaise – 23 June 2011 . Maalouf is the first person of Lebanese heritage to receive that honor
Books / Fiction :
–Leon l’Africain (1986) Leo Africanus-translated by Peter Sluglett / Samarcande (1988) Samarkand – translated by Russell Harris / –Les jardins de lumiere (1991) – The Gardens of Light – translated by Dorothy S. Blair / –Le Premier siecle apresBeatrice (1992) – The First Century after Beatrice – translated by Dorothy S. Blair / –LeRocher de Tanios (1993) – The Rock of Tanios – translated by Dorothy S. Blair / –Les Echelles du Levant (1996) – Ports of Call – translated by Alberto Manguel / –Le Periple de Baldassare (2000) – Balthasar’s Odyssey – translated by Barbara Bray
Books / Non-Fiction :
–Les Croisades vues par les Arabes (1983) – The Crusades Through Arab Eyes / –Les Identites meurtrieres (1998) – In the Name of Identity : Violence and the Need to Belong – translated by Barbara Bray / –Origenes (2004) – Origins : A memoir – translated by Catherine Temerson / – Le Dereglement du monde (2009) – Disordered World – translated by George Miller
