13,377 camels participated in the largest camel racing tournament in the world. Certificate issued by Guinness World Records.
The event was organised by the Saudi Camel Racing Federation and was held on September 13th, 2019 at Taif, Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia
Hazza Sulaiman Al Shehhi – successfully executed the highest sword throw reaching 21.275m (69ft.9″).
It was achieved as a part of the Fujairah Crown Prince Award and Al Saif Traditional Sword competition, held at Fujairah Fort, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates on November 26th, 2010.
Hazza has a specially developed technique for throwing the sword.
The attempt was measured using videography and high precision laser measuring meter called Leica Disto D8. The event was certified by Guinness World Records.
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Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The world’s longest chandelier by number of lights called ‘ Reflective Lights’ is installed at the Ali Bin Khalifa Al Hitmi & Co, office building on the water front in Doha on June 23rd, 2010.
-Largest Chandelier in the world
-Largest inter-active LED light sculpture
The exhibit is an organic art sculpture by day and then transformed when the light is introduced behind the glass frame.
The ‘Reflective Lights’ chandelier weighs 18,000 kg (39,683 lbs) and has 165,000 LED units. It measures 5.8m (19ft) in height at 12.5m (41 ft) in linear width and 38.5 m (126 ft 4in) in linear length. Certified by Guinness World Records.
The Chandelier is designed by Beau McClellan, Scotland.
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Qatar
Ahmed Helmy’s (Ahmed Muhamed Helmy Abdel Rahman Awwad) name was placed in the ‘Celebrity Corridor in Dubai’ , an Arab Version of the ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’.
Ahmed Helmy – Actor. Comedian. Film Producer. TV Presenter. TV Personality. Author
Dubai Star was launched with the first 400 stars in October 2019.
The Dubai Stars is a grand tribute to renowned personalities who have positively contributed to the world through their work in various fields, such as filmmaking, art, architecture and music.
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Egypt
In 2009, when it opened Dubai Metro topped the list as the ‘Worlds Longest Automated Rail System’
Presently, it’s moved down after Vancouver’s Sky Train and Singapore.
The longest driverless metroline is the Dubai Metro Red Line which is 52.1 km in length. The second line, Green Line is 22.5 km which when combined with the Red Line will make it longer than the Vancouver Sky Train.
Dubai Metro is owned by Roads an Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Mohammad Burbayea, Jet Ski racer, has the most IJSBA World Championship wins (male) by an individual : 22 , achieved by between 2007 and 2018.
Burbayea has won over 28 titles including 15 World Championships with 12 consequtive wins.
IJSBA : International Jet Sports Boating Association
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Kuwait
The largest hand-woven carpet sits in Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
The massive Persian carpet was created in 9 parts and assembled inside the mosque. It took 1,200 weavers from the Khorasan province about one year to hand craft. The carpet features 2.2 billion hand-tied individual rug knots, weighs 12 tons and is 5,360 square meters (60,000.81 sq. feet) . It was manufactured in Iran in 2007.
Record by the Guiness World Records
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Mohamed Alabbar (aka) Mohamed Ali Rashid Alabbar – Emirati businessman –
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United Arab Emirates
Novartis Oncology , a medical company specializing in cancer patients, achieved the Guinness World Records of ” Largest Aluminium Sculpture ” on October 7, 2017.
The statue – 7.71 m tall, 5.03 m long, 3.95 m wide – was made in the shape of a jackhammer to represent “the powerful tool breaking through cancer,” and was presented at the Novartis Oncology Breast Cancer Summit, Sofitel Event Hall, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia
The Shieikh Jaber Causeway is the 4th longest bridge in the world.
Named after Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah who ruled during the Gulf war.
About 80 percent of the sea-bridge is over water and connects Kuwait City to Subiya where a USD 100 billion dollar mega-city is being built.
The drive around the bay usually takes over an hour, but with bridge’s construction completed, it shortens to less than 20 minutes.
The USD 2.6 billion causeway was designed by Paris based engineering and consulting group ‘Systra’. Lead by a consortium of South Korea’s ‘Hyundai Engineering & Construciton Co.’ and Kuwait’s ‘Combined Group Contracting Company’.
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Kuwait