Category: Women / Girls

Leila Ben Youssef – Record Holding Athlete – Pole Vault

Leila Ben Youssef (aka) Leila Maryam Ben Youssef. Track Athlete. Pole Vault.

Currently: Dr. Leila M. Ben-Youssef, MD – Emergency Medicine

Awards / Honours:

  • Gold Medal – All African Games, Algiers, Algeria (2007)
  • Gold Medal – Pan African Games, Egypt (2007)
  • Gold Medal – African Championship, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2008)
  • Represented Tunisian National Track & Field Team, Summer Olympics Beijing

Education :

  • Masters Degree – Medical Anthropology, Stanford University

Grand daughter of Tunisian Politician Salah Ben Youssef

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AMERICAN / TUNISIAN / AMERICAN-TUNISIAN

Halima Benbouzza – Biotechnology and Plant Geneticist. Scientist.

Dr. Halim Benbouzza . Scientist. Academic. Researcher – Genetic Diversity, Plant Breeding, Bioethics, Biosecurity.

Posts:

  • Director – National Biotechnology Research Centre
  • Chair of Joint-Committee between Health and Biology sector – appointed by Algeria Government (2011)
  • Chair of the Guidance Committee of the Pharmacy and Biotechnology Project- Algeria. Appointed by the Prime Minister (2013)
  • Professor (Agronomic Science), University of Batna 1, Batna

Awards and Honours:

  • ‘Women in Science’ – Hall of Fame Program, honoured by U.S. State Department (2014)
  • ‘Next Einstein Forum’ – one of the 6 best female researchers contributing to advancing science in africa (2010)

Education :

  • Ph.D – Agro Biotech Gembloux, Belgium
  • Masters in Biotechnology – Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Belgium
  • Graduate – University of Batna’s Faculty of Engineering, Algeria

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ALGERIA

Mona Khazindar: First Female (and First Saudi) Director of the Arab World Institute, Paris

Arts Curator and Historian.

  • Director-General of Institut de Monde Arabe (IMA) aka Arab World Institute based in Paris
  • Co-curated First Saudi Pavilion at the 54th Venice Art Bienniale (2011)

Books Published :

  • ‘View from the Inside : Contemporary Arab Photography, Videos and Mixed Media Art’ (2014)
  • ‘Visions from Abroad: Historical and Contemporary Representation of Saudi Arabia’

Honours:

  • ‘Woman of the Year’ by Forum of Arab Women

Education:

  • Masters : Modern History, Sorbonne

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SAUDI ARABIA

Leila Aboulela. Award Winning Writer

Leila Aboulela . Writer. Author.

Awards :

  • Caine Prize for African Writing
  • Fiction Winner of the Scottish Book Awards
  • Saltire Fiction Book of the Year

Books:

  • Elsewhere (short story collection)
  • Home
  • Novel – Bird Summons (2019)
  • Novel – The Kindness of Enemies (2015)
  • Novel – Lyrics Alley (2011)
  • Novel – The Translator (1999)
  • Novel – The Minaret
  • The Museum ( short story)

Education:

  • BA (Ecomonics) – University of Khartoum, Sudan
  • M.Sc (Statistics) – London School of Economics
  • M.Phil (Statistics) – London School of Economics

www.leila-aboulela.com

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UNITED KINGDOM / SUDAN–EGYPT / BRITISH SUDANESE

Hiam Abbass – Actress and Director

Hiam Abbas (aka) Hiyam Abbassa. Actress. Film Director.

Hollywood Film, TV shows. French Films

Awards/ International Participation :

  • Best performance by an actress ‘Asia Pacific Awards’ (2008)
  • Member, Jury of the Main Competition, 2012 Cannes Film Festival

Born in Nazareth, Israel. Arab citizen of Israel.

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ISRAEL (Arab Israeli) / FRENCH

Emel Mathlouthi Tunisian Singer Releases new Album ‘EMEL – The Tunis Diaries : 2020

Emel Mathlouthi (aka) Emel . Singer. Songwriter. Music Producer.

On October 23, Tunisian-born/New York-based experimental singer Emel released‘The Tunis Diaries’ .

A double EP that features a collection of newly recorded reworks from Emel’s catalog (‘Day’), paired with an eclectic selection of covers (‘Night’).

Equipped with only a laptop, tape recorder, and a classical guitar she crowdsourced from a local fan via Facebook, Emel created ‘The Tunis Diaries’ entirely in Tunis after she was unexpectedly quarantined in her childhood home this Spring.

www.emelmathlouthi.com

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TUNISIA / New York, U.S.A.

Egyptian Hala El-Said Awarded ‘Arab Government Excellence Award’ : December 2020

Dr. Hala Helmy El-Said was awarded the ‘Arab Government Excellence Award’ as the Best Arab Minister.

Hala H El-Said Ph.D . Minister. Egyptian Economist. Academic. Author.

  • Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Egypt

Positions:

  • First elected Dean- Faculty of Economics and Political Science (2011)
  • Deputy President – Scientific Research and Exterior Relations , Cairo University (2013)
  • Board Member – Central Bank of Egypt
  • Executive Director – Egyptian Banking Institute(EBI) for 8 consequetive years
  • Advisor to the Governor – Central Bank of Egypt (CBE)
  • Member, Board of Trustees of Anti-Money Laundering Unit at Central Bank of Egypt (CBE)
  • Board Member – Arab African International Bank

Education :

  • Ph.D – Economics – Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University (1989)

Academic Papers :

  •  Author of a wide range of internationally acclaimed research papers, studies and reports

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EGYPT

Lebanese Footwear Fashion Designer – Andreas Wazen Wins ‘Emerging Talent Award : December 2020

Andreas Wazen. Footwear Fashion Designer

Andreas Wazen wins the ‘Emerging Talent Prize’ at the ‘FNAA 2020 Digital Awards’ – Footwear News Achievement Awards held on December 08th, 2020

Footwear manufactured in Lebanon. Based with a Boutique in Beirut and retailers in other countries.

Awards;

  • ‘Accessories Designer of the Year – by Fashion Trust Arabia (May 2020)

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Photo : Courtesy of Andrea Wazen / footwearnews.com

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LEBANON

Hiba Abouk : Spanish Television Actress

Hiba Aboukhris Benslimane (aka) Hiba Abouk . Television Actress. Model.

Roles in:

  • El Principe – TV series (29 episodes)
  • El corazon del oceano – TV series (6 chapters)
  • Con el culo al aires (es) – TV series (26 episodes)
  • Cheers – TV series (1 episode)
  • La isla de nominado – TV series
  • El Sindrome de Ulises

Awards:

  • Winner – Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards , Women’s Beauty Icon – 2014

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SPAIN / LIBYAN-TUNISIAN

Winners of ‘Gulf Business Awards 2020 ‘ – November

The eighth edition of the Gulf Business Awards was held on Thursday, November 26, 2020 to honour business leaders and pioneering companies across the GCC for their special achievements during a tough year.

LIST OF WINNERS 2020

Lifetime Achievement Award: Sir Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airline

Gulf Business

Company of the Year: Cafu

Business Leader of the Year: David Hadley, CEO of Mediclinic Middle East

COMPANIES OF THE YEAR 

Banking: First Abu Dhabi Bank

Investment: Century Financial

Energy: GE Power

Healthcare: Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA)

Real estate: Danube Properties

Retail: Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons

Transport and logistics: Emirates SkyCargo

Tourism and hospitality: Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority

Consumer tech: OPPO

Emerging tech: Micro Focus

Digital transformation: Huawei Middle East

BUSINESS LEADERS OF THE YEAR

Banking: H.E. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Chairman of Mashreq

Energy: Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO, Masdar

Healthcare: David Hadley, CEO, Mediclinic Middle East

Real estate: Arif Mubarak, CEO, Dubai Asset Management

Retail: Alain Bejjani, CEO, Majid Al Futtaim

Transport and Logistics: Mudassir Sheikha, CEO and co-founder of Careem

Tourism and Hospitality: H.E. Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi

Technology: Leopoldo Boado, Senior vice president of Business Applications for Eastern and Central Europe and MEA region at Oracle

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE CATEGORIES

Businesswoman of the Year: Nayla Al Khaja, Emirati filmmaker, CEO of Nayla Al Khaja Films

Sustainability Company of the Year: Careem Bike

Disruptor of the Year: Cafu

SME of the Year: Bayzat

Covid-19 Heroes: Ma’an; Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives; Burj Khalifa; Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education; and Alwaleed Philanthropies

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source: http://www.youtube.com / Gulf Business Awards 2020 / Motivate Events

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GULF