The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) released a study Wednesday indicating that Egypt ranks first among Arab countries in population size, and third on the African continent.
The study is based on a global ranking indicating that the North African Arab state ranks 14th globally in that regard for it has a population of over 100 million.
source: egypttoday.com
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Luca Abdel Nour – Ballet Dancer claimed the second rank for classical ballet at the international ballet competition Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland which was held from January 31 to February 6.
Abdel Nour also won the “Best Swiss Candidate” award and the “Audience Favorite” Award.
78 dancers participated in this year’s competition. They were selected based on audition videos.
source: egypttoday.com
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Etihad Airways, the UAE national airline, has become the first airline in the world with all its operating pilots and cabin crew vaccinated to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
In January 2021, Etihad was awarded Diamond status for ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and sanitisation in the inaugural ‘APEX Health Safety, powered by SimpliFlying’ audit.
This achievement was made possible through Etihad’s ‘Protected Together’ employee vaccination initiative which was formally launched in January this year.
Building on the UAE’s “Choose to Vaccinate” campaign, Protected Together is about helping staff take proactive, personal steps towards protecting themselves against COVID-19.
source: www.wam.ae
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
The National Awards program is an initiative set up by the World Photography Organisation and Sony to support local photographic communities around the world, with 53 countries taking part this year.
A National Winners – of the 2021 Sony World Photography Award of the Region are:
Over 330,000 images from 220 territories were submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards 2021 and over 165,000 were entered to the Open competition (from which the National Awards winner was selected).
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EGYPT /KUWAIT / QATAR / SAUDI ARABIA / U.A.E
“If you ventured in pursuit of glory, don’t be satisfied with less than the stars.”
The Iraqi poet – Al Mutanabbi’s writings were chosen by Nasa to congratulate the Hope probe project team.
Those words were chosen by US space agency Nasa in a congratulatory tweet to the UAE Mars Mission team after its Hope probe successfully entered the Red Planet’s orbit on Tuesday, February 09th, 2021.
Nasa told the UAE: “Congratulations on arriving at Mars!” before using the words quoted above.
Who is the Arab poet Al Mutanabbi ?
The man behind the words is the 10th century Iraqi poet Al Mutanabbi, considered to be the greatest in the Arabic language.
Born into a distinguished family in Kufa in 915 AD, Abu Al Tayyib Ahmad ibn Al Husayn Al Mutanabbi received an education because of his poetic talents. He is remembered in the country of his birth. A street is named after him, which is a historic bookselling centre of Baghdad. A statue of him still stands in the Iraqi capital today
source: thenationalnews.com
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)
The opening ceremony of the International Exhibition and Museum of the Life of the Prophet and Islamic Civilization took place in Madinah on February 02nd.
The International Exhibition and Museum of the Life of the Prophet and Islamic Civilization was launched under the supervision of the Muslim World League (MWL) and is the first in a series of Islamic museums scheduled to be constructed around the world under the organization’s umbrella.
Located next to the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, the museum is open 24 hours a day, and is dedicated to the history of the Islamic world and the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
The exhibition features dozens of paintings and interactive displays. At the moment, there are seven languages available to visitors — Arabic, English, Spanish, Urdu, French, Turkish and Indonesian. It also includes a 4DX theater, which screens a series of films about the Prophet’s life.
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The International Exhibition and Museum of the Life of the Prophet and Islamic Civilization
• Size: 5,000 square meters
• Location: Next to the Prophet’s Mosque, Madinah
• Number of floors: Two
• Exhibit and pavilion displays: 25 main pavilions
• 500 antique items from the Prophet’s era
• A main screen to feature the masterpieces found in the Qur’an and the Sunnah
• A movie theater showing a film about the Prophet’s life
• Virtual reality shows
• A special presentation of the Constitution of Madinah and the Makkah Document
• A presentation of the efforts of Saudi Arabia in serving the Qur’an and the Sunnah
• Languages: French, English, Urdu, Spanish, Turkish, Indonesian, Arabic
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source: arabnews.com
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Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) announced that Eman AlBinghadeer, Head of Internal Shari’a Audit at BisB, has been ranked #35 in the WOMANi Awards which honors the top 150 most influential women in Islamic business and finance.
The list was published by Cambridge IFA, a financial services intelligence house.
Eman AlBinghadeer is the first female Head of Shari’a Internal audit in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Gulf region.
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The fastest 300 km by speed boat is 1 hour 55 minutes and 14 seconds and was achieved by Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor al-Thani and Abdullah al-Sulaiti .
The event was organised by Qatar Marine Sports Federation in Doha on 10 February 2010.
The route, pre-approved by Guinness World Records, was from Abu Dhabi to Doha, Qatar.
The boat used was a twin gas turbine engine Nor-Tech speed boat named Qatar Challenger. The engines on the boat are also used on Cobra helicopters.
source: guinnessworldrecords.com
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The UAE flag, measured an 490 square metres, was constructed outside Dubai Police, Al Wasl, behind City Walk.
The occasion organized by nefsy has raised funds to buy food boxes to feed 49,000 families in need, following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
49,000 food boxes made up of essential items including rice, wheat, oil, sugar, salt, water and also sanitiser, are now being distributed by Emirates Red Crescent – and will feed more than 250,000 individuals for more than 10 days.
The challenge was launched in celebration of the UAE’s 49th National Day to celebrate the spirit of the UAE, but to also help combat world hunger, nefsy’s primary aim. .
The Guinness World Records title awarded to nefsy – of the Largest greetings card mosaic (flag) made from folded, greetings cards is a representation of the UAE flag and a celebration of this significant achievement – as well as the first and biggest flag of a good cause.
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Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture was established in 2011.
Its focus is the architectural, urban, and technical aspects of mosques all over the world, and is awarded to the related designer/architect.
The main objective of this award is the development of contemporary design of mosques, throughout a specialized and classified database.
The award is triennial.
The winning mosques will be awarded based on assessment of an international architectural jurors experienced with mosque architecture, who will relatively evaluate and assign the winning mosques.
The candidate mosques will be categorized into three categories; Central Mosques, Jumaa’ Mosques, and local mosques.
Yet, there are prizes given to innovations and ideas which helps in developing the concept of mosques in the twenty first century.
The Founder is Shaikh Abdullaatif Al Fozan
www.alfozanaward.org
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