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Achraf Hakimi Mouch (aka) Achraf Hakimi. Professional International Football Player.
The German Bundesliga football league has named the International Football player Achraf Hakimi as the fastest player in Germany with a record speed of 36.49 km/h (22.67 miles/h)
Achraf Hakimi plays as full-back for Serie A club – Inter Milan . He is on loan to Borussia Dortmund. He is also a key player in the National Football team of Morocco.
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pix; en.wikipedia.org / Hakimi with Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Deena Rahman, Bahrain’s National Team mid-fielder breaks the World Record in Football for ‘Taking the Most Penalites in 24 Hours’.
Deena Rahman hammered home 7,876 penalties including facing 24 female goal-keepers, at the Kick Off Academy in Saar – smashing the previous record as a part of 2020’s Equal Playing Field’s (EPF)
.The challenge started on November 17th at 7am and ended 24-hours later at 7am on November 18th coinciding with Guinness World Record Day.
The previous record was held by Vickrant Mahajan in 24 hours with 1,111 penalties.
This was the 5th Guinness World Record held by Deena Rahman.
Saudi Arabia hosts the G20 Summit in 2020. First for an Arab Nation.
Leader’ Summit
In 2020, the G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held virtually, proudly hosted by the Saudi G20 Presidency. The virtual meeting will take place over two days on November 21-22, 2020.
The Group of Twenty, or the G20, is the premier forum for international economic cooperation. The G20 brings together the leaders of both developed and developing countries from every continent.
Presidency Agenda
Each G20 Presidency develops a theme for the year which is central to international discussions. The 2020 G20 Presidency will focus discussions, forums, working groups and Ministerial Meetings under the theme of: Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All
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.
Abdulmohsen Khalaf Al-Muwallad (aka) Mohsen Al-Muwallad (aka) Mohsen Khalaf was officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the ‘ oldest professional basketball player’.
Mohsen Khalaf was selected to play for the Saudi National Team in 1986 at the age of 20 and retired from the international games in 2005.
He played his first game for Ohod Club, Madinah in 1979. Played his final pro game on May 22nd, 2015 at 51 years, 335 days after spending 36 years with the Madinah based team.
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
Kuwait Airways, the national airline of Kuwait took delivery of the world’s first Airbus A330-800 aircraft on October 29th, 2020.
The two aircraft the airline received are the first of eight scheduled to join the Kuwait Airways fleet, which will position it as the world’s largest operator of the type.
The Kuwait Airways aircraft A330-800 will acommodate 235 passenger, featuring 32 fully flat beds in Business Class and 203 spacious seats in Economy with a large capacity cargo hold.
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Kuwait Airways A330-800 lifting off on its delivery flight. (Photo: Airbus) / airlinegeeks.com
‘Obaid’ built in Dubai, is named after the Emirati shipbuilder Obaid Jumaa bin Majid Al-Falasi. It has been certified by Guinness Book of World Records as the ‘World’s largest wooden Arabic Dhow’.
For the record the late Emirati shipbuilder Obaid Juma started his apprenticeship in the1940’s at the age of nine (9).
The dhow measured 91 meters long and more than 20 meters wide. The vessel is 11.22 meters high and weighs 2,500 tonnes. The ‘Obaid’ is powered by two 1,850 horsepower engines and built for speed of 14 knots . Built from approximately 1,700 tonnes of wood and 800 tonnes of steel and is scheduled to carry cargo.
This record breaking marvel is a handmade boat, built in a country with no forests. A modern adaptation is adding steel to the wooden structure.
The ship builder is Majid Obaid Al-Falasi the Managing Director of Majid Obaid Bin Majid Al Falasi & Sons, UAE.