Amal Al Raisi – Founder and Creative Director. : Dar Al Aseel
Fashion Designer . Omani Women’s Wear, over 12 years plus Label: Dar Al Aseel.
Available in Oman and regionwide through selected retail outlets.
www.amalalraisi.com
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OMAN
Member : Refugee Olympic Athletes Team (ROT). Competed under the Olympic Flag at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Appointed as UNCHR Goodwill Ambassador (27th April 2017).
Yusra Mardini represented Syria : 2012 FINA World Championships (25m) 200 metre individual medley, 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle events.
Represents : Under Armour sports brand
Book: Autobiography : ‘ Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian – My Story of the Rescue, Hope and Triumph’ by Yusra Mardini
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GERMANY / SYRIA
The book covers 4 generations of Arab designers.
Co-authored by Bahia Shehab, Professor of Practice at American University in Cairo and Haytham Nawar , Artist and Academic also of the American University in Cairo.
Bahia Shehab is also the Founder of the University’s Graphic Design Programme.
The book is scheduled to be released by the American University in Cairo Press in December 2020.
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Cairo, EGYPT
Iman Mohamad Jodeh (aka) Iman Jodeh wins state house seat in Colorado by beating her Republican rival Robert Andrew.
-First Arab Muslim woman to win a seat in the Colorado State House Legislature representing the 41st District.
Activity, other:
Education:
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AMERICAN – PALESTINIAN – ARAB AMERICAN
Rashida Hariri Tlaib (aka) Rashida Tlaib – Politician. Lawyer.
Rashida Tlaib wins re-election to the U.S. House in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District.
She is serving as U.S. Representative since 2019.
-First Woman of Palestinian descent in Congress
-First Muslim Woman to serve in the Michigan Legislature. One of the First two muslim women elected to Congress along with Ilhan Omar.
-Member, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) / First DSA member to serve Congress along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Education:
-B.A (Political Science) – Wayne State University
-Juris Doctor – Western Michigan University Cooley law School (2014)
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AMERICAN / PALESTINIAN / ARAB-AMERICAN
Dr. Najat Benchiba-Savenius was named by the British monthly magazine Women in Finance as the ‘Businesswoman for the year 2020’ in the SME category.
Najat Benchiba-Savenius – Founder of Consulting company – Gazelle Advisory Group.
Education:
Graduate – University of Oxford / Masters : Social Science in Applied Linguisitics / PhD – University of Oriental and African Studies, London
Others:
Member – Think Tank team ‘Oxford Strategic Consulting’
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UNITED KINGDOM / MOROCCO
Yasmine Al Massri. Actress. Dancer. Video Artist. Human Rights Activist.
Hollywood and International Actress.
Movies/ TV Series – etc:
-Caramel – directed by Nadine Labaki
-ABC drama series – Quantico
-American TV series : Crossbones
-Al-mor wa al rumman / Al Juma Al Akheira Miral
Awards:
-Best Actress Award for Caramel (2007), Abu Dhabi Film Festival
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AMERICAN / FRENCH / PALESTINE / EGYPT
Fartuun Adan and Ilwan Elman were awarded the ‘Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity 2020’ for their efforts to help former child soldiers in Somalia.
The prize includes an USD 1 million grant.
They also run the :
-Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre, Somalia / – Sister Somali Project : Somalia’s first rape crisis center / – School for Girls ‘ Girls Leadership Academy’
-They also run a Program ‘Drop the Gun, pick up the pen’
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CANADA / SOMALIA
Ohud Abdullah Almalki . Jeddah based Artist.
Ohud Almalki is the first Saudi Woman Artist to single-handedly break a Guinness World Record for the Worlds Largest Coffee Painting.
She illustrated the founding fathers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The late King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman and Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
The project was an uninterrupted 45 days of illustration and painting under continuous supervision.
The artwork was created on a canvas of 7 connected cloths called Naseej I (meaning woven to-gether) in 220 sq. meters, 15.84 m long and 13.95 m wide. She used 4 different shades of brown coffee, approximately 4.5 kg of expired coffee granules with water.
The edge was done in typical Bedouin decoration style known as Al-Sadu.
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SAUDI ARABIA
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