Egypt’s Cultural Icons Musician and Composer Mohammad Suleiman and Poet Gamal Bakhit honoured as Icons of Egypt.
The ceremony was at the Opera House.
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EGYPT
Emirati jiu-jitsu champion Omar Al-Fadhli has won the gold medal in the 62kg purple belt category at the third round of the sixth edition of the Abu Dhabi Jiu-Jitsu Grand Slam in Moscow.
The tournament, staged in the Russian capital, witnessed the participation of 222 competitors from 15 countries holding purple, brown, and black belts in the Japanese martial art.
Emirati champion was only Arab participant in third round of sixth edition of Abu Dhabi Jiu-Jitsu Grand Slam tour
source: arabnews.com
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)
Indonesia welcomed the UAE’s commitment to invest $10 billion in its recently launched sovereign wealth fund, which a senior official said made the emirates the “largest major investor” in the initiative.
“With this investment, so far the UAE has become the largest major investor in the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA),” Husin Bagis, Indonesia’s ambassador to the UAE, told Arab News.
The UAE helped Indonesia establish the INA through its Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (AIDA) in February this year, with the AIDA serving as one of its advisers.
source/content: arabnews.com
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)
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.
2019:
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
Professor Dr Mohamed Mechbal has been awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Arabic Literature in recognition of his project ‘ The New Rhetoric ‘.
The King Faisal Foundation initiated the award in 1977. The award recognizes the exceptional contributions of five groups of individuals and institutions. These include, service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic language and literature as well as medicine, and science.
Currently he is Professor, Rhetoric and Literary criticism, University of AbdelMalek Essadi, Tetoun, Morocco
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MOROCCO
Samia Suluhu Hassan (aka) Samia Hassan makes history by becoming the First Female President of Tanzania and the country’s 6th President.
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TANZANIA
Zeina Barhoum – Arabic Soprana. Classically trained Soprano. Opera singer.
Jordanian opera singer Zeina Barhoum is set to perform at the Palestine Museum US on March 21, organizers announced. The renowned singer will virtually perform in Arabic and other languages, including the songs “Sanarjeo Yawman,” “Jerusalem, Flower of Cities,” “O mio babbino caro” and several others according to reports in ArabNews.com
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website : www.zeinabarhoum.com
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JORDAN
Yacine Bourhane . Professional Footballer
Currently plays as mid-fielder for ‘Chamois Niortais FC2’.
Also represents the Comoros National Team
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FRANCE / COMOROS
Hamida Khalil was the first of six Egyptian women who were shot dead on March 16, 1919 by British soldiers while they were protesting colonialism.
This date marks the Egyptian Women’s Day.
Highlights: About the first Egyptian woman to die at the hands of British occupation:
source: content: www.egypttoday.com
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EGYPT