Cherine Abdellaoui. Athlete. Paralympic Women’s Judo.
Cherine Abdellaoui of Algeria won gold in the judo women’s -52kg category after beating Priscilla Gagne of Canada at the Nippon Budokan Arena in Tokyo.
For the first time since 13 years Algeria celebrates an Olympic Champion at the Paralympics. Algeria’s Cherine Abdellaoui was absolutely delighted with her gold medal in the women’s up to 52kg, improving on her third place from Rio 2016.
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ALGERIA
Raoua Tlili . Athlete . Paralympic Women’s Shot Put.
Raoua Tlili of Tunisia has broken her own world record on the way to winning a gold medal in the Women’s Shot Put at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
The 31-year-old became the first Tunisian to win a gold at the competition with throw of 10.55m at the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, beating the old mark by 36cm.
Tlili had previously won gold at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, with the old record, and also London 2012 and Beijing 2008
source/content: arabnews.com
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TUNISIA
Amal Misfer Al-Faran.
The festival has helped to establish the Kingdom as the world’s premier destination for camel racing. Saudi Arabia heads the Camel Racing World Federation, founded in 2019 and based in Riyadh.
In that same year, the Crown Prince Camel Festival set a new Guinness World Record when 13,377 camels participated in the even
Al-Faran had three camels running in the “Al-Haqayeq” category (for two-year-olds) as part of the festival’s preliminary stage — Al-Dana, The Pearl, and Jarrah. At one point in the 4-kilometer race, Jarrah led the field, but ultimately came in second.
source/content: arabnews.com
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SAUDI ARABIA
The member states of the World Heritage Committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) elected Saudi Arabia as vice chair of the Arab group for the period between 2021 and 2023 at the organization’s 44th session held in Fuzhou in China.
Princess Haifa bint Abdul Aziz Al-Muqrin, the Kingdom’s permanent representative at UNESCO, said that the election of the Kingdom had occurred due to its prominent role in supporting world heritage alongside the committee’s member states, in addition to achieving UNESCO’s objectives in general, and the committee’s objectives in particular.
source/content: arabnews.com
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SAUDI ARABIA
Noon by Noor – Womenswear Designer Label, based in Bahrain serving the domestic, Regional and International markets.
Founded in 2008 by cousins Shaikha Noor Al Khalifa and Shaikha Haya Al Khalifa, Noon by Noor has built a loyal customer base over the years, with its self-assured pieces that focus on details.
First GCC brand to be invited by IMG to showcase at NYFW in 2013
In 2018, Noon By Noor introduced Noon By Noor Mini, an indulgent spin off, which captures innocence, and undeniable charm in luxuriously playful silhouettes.
www.noonbynoor.com
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BAHRAIN
Razan Al-Sous and her husband Raghid Sandouk fled Syria to start a new life in Yorkshire, leaving behind their dream of setting up their own pharmaceutical company but opening up a new entrepreneurial life in the city of Huddersfield.
With the simple idea of making halloumi-style cheese from cows’ milk and launching a best-selling range of Arabian flavoured cheeses, the innovative pair have won more than 30 awards for their product and gained royal approval from Princess Anne.
When they arrived in Yorkshire, Mr Sandouk’s brother let them run his chicken food outlet and it was there the first Yorkshire Dama Squeaky Cheese was created.
Now they have nine flavours in their range, from plain and chilli to black onion seed, rosemary and mint.
The couple recently won their latest award, for their black pepper squeaky cheese.
n 2017 the couple expanded to new premises and were given a royal seal of approval when Princess Anne officially opened their factory in Sowerby Bridge.
Now the couple have been invited to Buckingham Palace.
This month they won yet another award for their Middle Eastern style cheese, Nabulsi, which contains black onion seeds and has now become a bestseller in the UK.
www.yorkshiredamacheese.co.uk
source/content: thenationalnews.com
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BRITISH / SYRIAN
Kalkidan Gezahegne. Middle distance runner. Athlete.
Kalkidan Gezahegne won Bahrain’s first medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games after clinching silver in the Women’s 10,000 metres final.
Kalkidan ran a brilliant race to finish in a time of 29 minutes 56.18 seconds. She was right behind gold-medallist Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, who won in 29:55.32. Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia, who was leading for much of the event, came third in 30:01.72.
Kalkidan’s silver medal was her first in the Olympic Games. It is also Bahrain’s fourth medal in the history of the Olympiad
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BAHRAIN
Feryal Abdelaziz. Karate. Athlete
Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz clinched the gold medal at Karate competitions in Tokyo, giving Egypt the first gold medal at Tokyo Olympic Games.
Feryal defeated the World no.1 Irina Zaretska from Azerbaijan 2-0 in the final to clinch the gold medal.
Feryal became the first Egyptian girl to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games and the 8th athlete in the nation’s history to achieve a gold medal.
The Egyptian national anthem was played at the Olympic Games for the first time since Athens Olympic Games in 2004 when Karam Gaber won the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.
source/content: egypttoday.com
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EGYPT
Giana Farouk. Karate. Athlete.
Giana Farouk wins Egypt’s first medal in Karate.
Farouk became the first Arab and African Karateka to win a medal in the Olympic Games in the sport’s historic debut at the Olympic Games as one of the four sports added specifically for 2020 Olympic Games.
Giana’s bronze medal is Egypt’s fourth medal at Tokyo Olympic Games after Hedaya Malak and Seif Eissa who won the bronze in Taekwondo and Mohamed Ibrahim Kesho who won the bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Visit www.gianafarouk.com for a complete list of her winning records
source/contents: egypttoday.com
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EGYPT
Massana Debesai (aka) Mosana Debesay. Professional Racing Cyclist.
Wins:
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ERITREA