The US Department of State will recognize April as ‘National Arab American Heritage Month’ in honour of the more than 3.5 million people of Arab ancestry living in the country.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (U.S.A)
The Algerian cycling team won 19 medals (6 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze) and ranked three in the African Track Cycling Championships, which wrapped up in Cairo, Egypt.
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ALGERIA
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Committee and Member of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW), Dr. Shaikha Rana bint Isa Al Khalifa, received the award of “Arab Women and Social Responsibility in an Era of Transformation, Developmental Inclusiveness and Digital Diplomacy”, from the Arab Council for Social Responsibility (ACSR).
The award was granted during the third Arab Women Forum for Social Responsibility, under the title of “Transformation in the Time of Inclusion”, which was held today at the headquarters of the Arab League, under the patronage of Arab League Secretary General, Ahmed Abul Gheit, who presented the award to Dr. Shaikha Rana.
A group of Arab pioneers were also honored for their role in serving Arab women’s issues, in addition to reviewing the experiences of Arab women towards social responsibility
source/content : bna.bh
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BAHRAIN
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated Egypt’s Gypto Pharma City, the largest pharmaceutical city in the Middle East.
Gypto Pharma, also known as Medicine City, has been set up to produce safe and effective medicines at reasonable prices, and will manufacture coronavirus remedies and drugs for chronic diseases. Production of some vitamins will also be given priority.
The city includes a regional center for manufacturing medicine in cooperation with foreign companies, and has plans to export to African, foreign and Arab countries. This is in addition to research and development laboratories.
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EGYPT
Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has set a Guinness World Record for the lowest energy-consuming desalination plant in the world.
The new plant operates at 2.27 kilowatt per hour per cubic meter of desalinated water.
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SWCC won the Guinness World Record in 2019 for the biggest desalinated water plant with a production of 5.6 million cubic meters of water a day.
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It also broke its 2018 world record of five million cubic meters of water a day.
source: arabnews.com
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SAUDI ARABIA
Nawal El Saadawy (aka) Nawal Zeinab El Sayed. Feminist Writer, Activist, Doctor, Psychiatrist.
Dedicated to combating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
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Passed away on March 21st, 2021
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EGYPT
Palestinian student, Jamal Shakhtor, has created a robotic hand in his workshop in Bethlehem on the West Bank.
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WEST BANK, PALESTINE
Social Worker. Former Politician – Elected as a Deputy in the Danish Parliament.
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DENMARK / PALESTINIAN / DANISH ARAB
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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BAHRAIN
Physician Dr. Nawf Al-Gublan contributes to saving lives in the United States, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the 2nd largest teaching hospital at Harvard Medical School, and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical District in Boston.
When the coronavirus pandemic started spreading rapidly in the United States, the Saudi Arabian Nephrology Specialist Dr. Nawf al-Gublan decided she had to stay in the country to help her coworkers in Boston battle the outbreak.
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USA / SAUDI ARABIA