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)
74-year old Egyptian Ezzeldin Bahader was honoured by Guinness World Records as the oldest active professional football player in the world.
Ezzeldin played for a local team on October 06th, 2020 against El Ayat Sports Club in the Egyptian third tier league.
The septuagenarian was required to feature in 2 professional matches to clinch the honour.
He surpassed the 73-year old Israeli player Issak Hayik off the top spot.
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EGYPT
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
Ibrahim Omer elected Member of Parliament (MP) New Zealand from the Labour Party.
First elected at the 2020 New Zealand general elections
Awards / Honours:
Education : B.A. – Political Science, New Zealand (2016)
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NEW ZEALAND / ERITREA
Ail Abdo Ali . Adventurer. Long Distance Motor Cycle Rider. Entrepreneur.
Ali Abdo Ali broke the previous world record for the greatest distance on a motocross bike in 24 hours (or 1 day), by an indivdual – by reaching 613.km (381.2 miles) mark.
Certified by Guinness World Records.
First Arab to achieve a world record on a motorcycle.
2nd Record held by him:
-Largest distance travelled in Egypt by motorcycle in 7 days – January 15th, 2016 , He travelled 5,864 km on his motorcycle across Egypt in 7 days.
Founder : Around Egypt on a motorcycle
Ambassador of ‘ No Place like Egypt’
www.aliabdo.net
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EGYPT
Al Ahsa Oasis in now certified by Guinness World Records as the Planet’s largest self-contained Oasis.
Al Ahsa Oasis has also the largest date-palm oasis surrounded by sand in the world.
It has also a UNESCO designated status as a World Heritage site. Over 6,000 years old. It has many National Heritage Sites, as well as Human Settlements dating back to thousands of years.
Al Ahsa Oasis stretches across 85.4 sq.km . Irrigated by more than 280 springs of hot, warm and cold water.
Annual Al Ahsa Date Festival conducted here. Well known for its ‘Khalsah Dates‘.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Ahmad Abughaush. Taekwondo Athlete.
Jordan’s first-ever athlete to win the country’s first Olympic medal – a Gold medal. Ahmad Abughaush defeated 3-London Olympic 2012 Olympic medallists to win the gold at the Rio Olympics, Rio de Janeiro 2016.
First Taekwando athlete in the Arab world to win Gold in Taekwando.
Awards:
-2019 -World Championships, Manchester – Silver
– 2018 – Asian Games, Jakarta – Bronze
– 2017 -Universiade, Taipei – Bronze // Grand Prix, London – Gold // Grand Prix, Moscow – Bronze // World Championships, Muji – Bronze
– 2016 – Olympics, Rio de Janeiro – Gold
– 2012 – Best Jordanian Athlete Award – by Jordan Olympic Committee – Gold
– 2010 – Taekwondo World Championship for Juniors , Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt – Gold
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JORDAN / PALESTINE
Rami Malek (aka) Rami Said Malek. Actor and Producer. Philanthropy.
Awards/ Honours:
-First Actor of Egyptian heritage to wn an ‘Academy Award’ for Best Actor.
-Named as ‘one of the 100 most influential people in the world TIME magazine (2019)
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AMERICAN / EGYPT
Hadi Souan (aka) Hadi Soua’an Al-Somaily wins a Silver medal in 400m hurdles and brings Saudi Arabia’s First Olympic Medal Victory – 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia.
He has won over 40 medals. Some of them are:
Records:
Positions / Honours:
-Board member – Saudi Arabian Athletic Federation (SAAF) / -Board Member – Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) Assembly / -Member, Olympic Council of Asian Athletic Commission / -Member – Saudi Sports Arbitration Centre / – Member -International Relations Committee, Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee (SAOC) etc.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Dubai’s Al-Nasr Club has signed Diaa Sabia an Israeli-Arab attacking midfielder on as 2-year contract.
Sabia who is of Palestinian origin was born in northern Israel and moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2012.
He played for the Maccabi Netanya Club for 4 years and has 10 caps in the Israeli National Team.
Sabia was subsequently sold to China’s Guangzhou R&F club and now has moved to Dubai’s Al-Nasr Club.
Al-Nasr’s move came 2 weeks after the UAE normalised ties with Israel.
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Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E) / PALESTINE / ISRAEL