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)
The Doha based Qatar Airways honoured Breast Cancer Awareness month in a special way by drawing the iconic ‘Ribbon’ in the skyy.
An all-female crew with female pilots, cabin crew, ATC controller, engineer, dispatches and passengers took off from Hamad International Airport, Doha.
They operated a 787-8 Boeing special flight over Qatar QR 9901, of over 1 hour 20 minutes with registration code A7-BCM.
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QATAR
Kamal Oudrhiri . Scientist. Physicist.
Kamal Oudrhiri led a successful discovery mission by the American Space Agency (NASA) achieving a breakthrough in the field of Quantum Physics.
The mission was achieved by the participation of two astronauts Christina Koch, Jessica Meir and three Nobel prize winners.
The achievement took place at eh ‘Cold Atom Lab’ on the International Space Station (ISS) which NASA had installed in 2018.
Kamal Oudrhiri has worked on missions related to Mars exploration vehicles including ‘Curiosity’, ‘Rovers’, ‘Spirit’, ‘Opportunity’ as well as ‘Cassini’ for Saturn, ‘Grail’ for the Moon and ‘Juno’ for Jupiter.
Assignments:
-Mission Manager – Cold Laboratory / -The Group Supervisor – Planetary Radar & Radio Sciences Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Honours:
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U.S.A / MOROCCO
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
Djilali Mehri. Business Leader . Connoiseur of Arts. Philanthropy.
Political:
Arts:
www.groupe-mehri.com
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ALGERIA
Fahad Badar. Business Leader. Adventurer. High Altitude Climber. Mountaineer.
Business Leader : Executive General Manager, Chief – International Banking – Commercial Bank of Qatar-
Some Records:
Education:
-MBA : Durham University, U.K.
www.fahadbadar.com
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QATAR
St. Regis Hotel Abu Dhabi. The new iconic Nation Tower development in Abu Dhabi.
Highest suspended Presidential suite in the world. High up in the air at over 200 meters.
Housed in a sky bridge joining two towers. It is positioned between the National Towers’ 48th and 49th floor.
Guests can fly in their choppers, land on the helipad atop the National Tower and be whisked away directly to the Abu Dhabi suite by a private elevator.
The suite is over 1,120 square meters (11,600 sq. ft) of luxury. Features a 2-level luxury majlis, 3 beautiful bedrooms, luxurious Spa, movie theatre alongwith kitchen, dining rooms and a fully equipped gym.
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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)
Abu Dhabi’s Skyscraper ‘Capital Gate’ also known as the ‘Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi. The building officially opened on December 21, 2011.
Capital Gate is 160 meters (520 feet tall) , 35 stories high and with 16,000 sq. meters (170,000 sq.ft) of built area. It is also one of the tallest buildings in the Capital city.
Due to its clever engineering and architectural design, the building leans 18 degrees to the west. It is 4 times more than the Leaning Tower of Suuvhusen. Capital Gate is one of the few diagrid buildings in the world.
Guinness World Records certified as the ‘World’s Farthest Man Made Leaning Building in the World’ in 2018.
Capital Gate is designed by the Architectural firm RMJM , Scotland / United Kingdom.
The building is owned and developed by Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (ADNEC).
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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)
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.
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Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRAES (U.A.E)