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Tunisia Launches First Satellite – ‘Challenge One’ – March 2021

Tunisia launches its first 100% Tunisian satellite.

The Tunisian telecommunication company Telnet Holding and the Russian space agency Roscosmos succeeded, on Monday, March 22, 2021 at 7:07 am, the launch of Challenger One, the first satellite of the country entirely manufactured locally.

Carried by a Russian Soyuz-2 launcher from the base of Baikonur (Kazakhstan).

According to the agreement, Challenge ONE is going to be a precursor for a constellation of 30 satellites to be launched by 2023.

Part of the agreement also involved SPUTNIX, a Russian private company, manufacturing high-tech microsatellite components and technologies. SPUTNIX’s involvement was to facilitate the development of the satellites and the establishment of R & D services for satellite components.

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TUNISIA

‘Erg Chech 002’ – 4.6 Billion Years Old Meteorite Found in Algeria (older than Earth) : 2020

The rare meteorite, estimated to be 4.6 billion years old, was found by a team led by Jean-Alix Barrat of Université de Bretagne Occidentale. Results of the study have been published in PNAS.

Named Erg Chech 002 (EC 002), after the Algerian site where it was discovered, the rock is a rare artefact from a protoplanet — a large body of matter in orbit around the Sun or another star, and believed to be developing into a planet — that was likely forming when the solar system was a young 2 million years old.

The meteorite was part of a group that was recovered in May 2020 near Bir Ben Takoul, southern Algeria, within the Erg Chech sand sea. The stones are described as having a “coarse grained, tan and beige appearance” interspersed with crystals that are green, yellow-green, and yellow-brown.

The oldest volcanic rock we have ever discovered may help us understand the building blocks of planets. The meteorite, which was discovered in the Sahara desert in 2020, dates from just 2 million years after the formation of the solar system – making it more than a million years older than the previous record-holder.

Since no known asteroid resembles EC 002, the researchers suspect that no other remnants are left from these early times.

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The oldest chunk of volcanic rock ever unearthed
©2021 Darryl Pitt / Christie’s / pix: newscientist.com

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ALGERIA

Bahrain’s Ali Monfaradi : International Jiu-Jitsu Champion

Ali Monfaradi (aka) Ali Seena E. A. Monfaradi . Athlete. Jiu-Jitsu. Black Belt Holder.

Ali has 2 nicknames – One is “The Beast From The Middle East” and the other one, which was ‘coined’ by his coach Michael Langhi is “Cadeira Elétrica” (Electric Chair).

Represented Bahrain in competitions regionally and globally.

Business:

Founder of ‘Elements BJJ’ – a sports business venture

Winner :

1st Place IBJJF European Open NoGi (2019)
1st Place IBJJF German Nationals (2017)
1st Place IBJJF Berlin Open (2018)
1st Place UAEJJF Czech Republic Pro (2019)
1st Place JJIF World Ju-Jutsu Championship (2018)
2nd Place IBJJF Berlin NoGi Open (2018)
2nd Place IBJJF London Fall NoGi Open (2017 / 2018)
2nd Place UAEJJF Abu Dhabi World Pro (2021)
2nd Place UAEJJF Dubai National Pro (2018)
3rd Place JJIF World Ju-Jutsu Championship (2018)
3rd Place UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro (2019)
3rd Place IBJJF London Fall Open (2017)
3rd Place IBJJF Berlin Open (2018*)

Records of Achievements (Colored Belts):

1st Place IBJJF World Championship (2012 blue)
1st Place IBJJF Pans Championship (2012 blue)
2nd Place IBJJF World Championship (2012* blue)
3rd Place IBJJF European Open (2017 brown)
3rd Place IBJJF Pans Championship (2012* blue, 2015 purple)
3rd Place IBJJF World Championship (2011 blue, 2014 purple)

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BAHRAIN

Prince Muhammad bin Talal, Jordan

Prince Muhammad bin Talal, Member of the Royal Family of Jordan ,Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Second son of King Talal of Jordan and younger brother of King Hussein of Jordan,

Prince Muhammad bin Talal, served as Crown Prince to King Hussein, from 1952 until 1962. Personal Representative of King Abdulla II.

He served as military escort to King Hussein and Head of the Council of Tribal Sheikhs

Other Roles:

Honorary rank of Field Marshal
Honorary Presidency of the Royal Jordanian Chess Federation
Honorary Presidency of the Royal Jordanian Shooting Federation
Honorary Presidency of the British Karate Federation.

Passed away on Thursday, April 29th, 2021

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JORDAN

Ahmed Yahya – President of FFRIM , Mauritania

Ahmed Yahya is a businessman. At 44, Yahya is the youngest candidate in the bid for Africa’s big seat in football.

The head of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (FFRIM), a post he has held since 2011.

Achievements in football

Founded football club FC Nouadhibou in 1999 and served as President of the club until 2004. The club has won two cups and six national titles,
Elected as the President of FFRIM, 2011
Member of CAF’s Executive Committee since 2017. Yahya also sits on the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions.
CAF Awards – awarded as ‘The Continent’s Best Football Administrator ‘ 2017 by CAF (Confederation of African Football)
Under his FFRIM leadership, Mauritania qualified for the first time in history for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) under coach Corentin Martins (2018)
Mauritania was crowned CAF’s Team of the Year for 2018,
Mauritania selected a women’s team to represent the country for the first time (2019)
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, praised Yahya for role in developing both football and its infrastructure in Mauritania (2019)
Yahya was re-elected as the President of FFRIM in a landslide victory (2020)

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MAURITANIA

First Female Saudi Officers Guarding the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah : March 2020

The 113-strong all-female batch of military-trained officers stationed at the Prophet’s Mosque was created six months ago.

It is part of the homeland security branch of Saudi Arabia’s Special Security Forces.

The officers work round the clock in four teams of nearly 18 members each.

Women have also played their part in creating legislation and opening businesses and have taken a leading role in private-sector investment.

Saudi Arabia now has its first female professional racing driver, female ambassadors, female judges, and award-winning female filmmakers.

Female police officers joined the ranks of Makkah’s security force for the first time during last summer’s Hajj season, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

source/content : arabnews.com

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Dozens of female officers are currently deployed both in Makkah and Madinah, where they are providing security and managing worshippers at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque. (AN Photo/Huda Bashatah) / pix: arabnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Students Win 4 Medals at ‘International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad’ (IMChO) 2021

Four Saudi students, represented by The King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) and the Education Ministry, won the prestigious International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad (IMChO) 2021.

The students, Mohammed Al-Hadlaq, Mohammed Al-Hudaithi, Abdulaziz Al-Juaid, and Saeed Baghdadi, won bronze medals. The number of awards won by Saudi Arabia at the IMChO has now reached 18 — three silver and 15 bronze medals.

IMChO is a major international competition for students in chemistry. It started in the then-USSR as the All-Union Olympiad in Chemistry in 1967.

Now more than 30 countries participate in IMChO and an international jury of leading chemical scientists around the world make up the tasks for the Olympiad.

source/content : arabnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA

Tunisian-American Chemist Moungi Bawendi : MIT Professor

Dr. Moungi Bawendi is a Tunisian-American chemist.

He is the Lester Wolfe Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Moungi Bawendi is one of the original participants in the field of colloidal quantum dot research, and among the most cited chemists of the last decade.

This work has included: (1) the development of novel methods for synthesising, characterising, and processing quantum dots, magnetic nanoparticles, and tubular J-aggregates as novel materials building blocks, (2) studying fundamental optical and magnetic properties of nanostructures using a variety of spectroscopic methods, including the development of optical photon correlation tools to study single nanoscopic emitters, (3) incorporating quantum dots and magnetic particles into various optical and electronic device structures, and (4) developing nanoparticles and other agents for biomedical imaging.

Became a Clarivate Citation Laureate in 2020.
Received his A.B. in 1982 from Harvard University
Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1988, University of Chicago.
Two years of postdoctoral research at Bell Laboratories, working with Dr. Louis Brus, where he began his studies on nanomaterials.
Joined the faculty at MIT in 1990, becoming Associate Professor in 1995 and Professor in 1996.

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AMERICAN / TUNSIAN-AMERICAN

Arab Designer, Libyan Ibrahim Shebani

Ibrahim Shebani (Alshebani) . Fashion Designer

Founder of the ready-to-wear fashion label : ‘Born In Exile’ .

Ibrahim Shebani has set up an atelier near Bologna (Italy) and set up in Tunisia for manufacturing.

Awarded Designer of the Year ‘DOTM’ – by MAFT magazine.

Born in German, grew up mostly between Cairo and Libya. Lived in Paris for a year.

www.born-in-exile.com

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LIBYA

Dr. Tawhida Abdel-Rahman – First Female Doctor Working in the Government, Egyptian Health Ministry : 1933

Dr. Tawhida Abdel-Rahman was one of the first six girls, sent to England from Egypt to study medicine in 1922 based on King Fouad’s decision.

On her return she was appointed in ‘Kitchener Charitable Hospital – The General Hospital in Shubra, Government Health Ministry – making her the First Female Doctor working for the Egyptian Government Health Ministry.

She passed away in 1974.

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EGYPT