Hamid bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (aka) Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (aka) HBJ is among the world’s richest Arabs according to Forbes.
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QATAR
Forbes has released its annual World’s Billionaires ranking for 2021, featuring the world’s 2,755 richest people—660 more than there were in 2020, including 493 newcomers that have never featured on the Forbes’ list before.
This year there are 22 Arab billionaires worldwide compared to 21 in 2020. Combined, the cohort has seen their aggregate fortune climb to $53.4 billion in 2021, compared to $47.3 billion a year earlier.
Qatar’s Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani with an estimated wealth of $1.3 billion, and Morocco’s Othman Benjelloun & family, also with $1.3 billion.
Egypt’s Nassef Sawiris is still the wealthiest Arab worldwide, with a net worth of $8.3 billion—$3.3 billion more than last year. His most valuable asset is a nearly 6% stake in sportswear maker Adidas. He also runs OCI, one of the world’s largest nitrogen fertilizer producers, with plants in Texas and Iowa.
Algeria’s only billionaires, Issad Rebrab & family, are the world’s second-richest Arabs, worth $4.8 billion. Rebrab is the founder and CEO of Cevital, Algeria’s largest privately-held company. Cevital owns one of the largest sugar refineries globally, with the capacity to produce two million tons of refined sugar a year.
Oman’s only billionaire, Suhail Bahwan, is valued at $2.3 billion.
Lebanese jeweler Robert Mouawad is the only billionaire living in Bahrain and is valued at $1.4 billion.
Najib and Taha Mikati are the only Lebanese billionaires living in Lebanon and are worth $2.5 billion each. Bahaa, Ayman, and Fahd Hariri—sons of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri— all now live in Europe and are worth $2 billion, $1.3 billion, and $1.1 billion, respectively.
Forbes has not considered Saudi Arabia for the ranking since 2018.
source/content: timesofoman.com
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OMAN
Moroccan actress Naima Lamcharki won the best actress award at Sweden’s 11th annual Malmo International Arab Film Festival (MAFF).
In the film “L’Automne des Pommiers” (Autumn of the Apple Trees), directed by Moroccan director Mohamed Mouftakir, Lamcharki plays the role of a wisdom-filled grandmother, filling a crucial role in the film’s unique dynamic.
Along with the Malmo International Arab Film Festival, the film won awards at the Moroccan Film Festival of Tangier. Namely, the prize for the Best Picture 2020, the Critics Prize 2020, and the Prize for the Federation of Cineclubs 2020.
Naima Lamcharki has accomplished many other great feats throughout her career as an actress. Starring in films like The Garden of Eden (1998) and Bad Faith (2006), her career in the international film industry dates back to 1958.
Two years ago, Moroccan actress Fatima Atif won the best actress award at the ninth edition of the Malmo Arab Film Festival for her role in the film “The Healer”, where the director was Moroccan.
source/content: www.moroccoworldnews.com
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MOROCCO
A woman has made history in the United Arab Emirates as the country’s first female astronaut.
Noura Al-Matrooshi is one of two new astronauts in the UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid (MBR) Space Centre astronaut program, UAE vice president and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced on Twitter .
She was chosen with Mohammed Al-Mulla, two of over 4,000 candidates who applied to the program, Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai, said.
In 2019, Maj. Hazzaa al-Mansoori became the UAE’s first astronaut in space, spending an eight-day mission aboard the International Space Station.
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev awarded Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – Azerbaijan’s Order of Friendship, in appreciation of his efforts in advocating and strengthening relations between Azerbaijan and the OIC.
Dr. Yousef Bin Ahmad Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Othaimeen (aka) Yousef Al-Othaimeen Ph.D.
The Award was at a reception held in Baku.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Samira Ghannoum – First Muslim woman of Arab descent to have won this competition
A Lebanese Brazilian Muslim woman who won the first series of Bake Off Brasil in 2015 is now a well-known figure all over the country. Samira Ghannoum won the competition over 13 weeks watched by millions in 20 countries across Latin America.
As a winner of Bake Off Brasil, she published her first cookbook in partnership with the programme.
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BRAZIL / LEBANESE BRAZILIAN / SOUTH AMERICAN ARAB
Lyna Khoudri. Film and Television Actor.
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FRANCE / FRENCH-ALGERIAN
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) Mostafa Terrab received the Insignia of Officer of the Legion of Honor of France in Rabat.
Terrab has been OCP’s chairman and CEO since 2006 and president of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) since June 2019.
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MOROCCO
Egypt re-elected as vice chair of UN Habitat Executive Board.
Executive Board of the UN Habitat held its first meeting during which Egypt was re-elected as vice chair of the Executive Board of the UN Habitat for the African Group over the period from 2021-2022.
Egypt’s Permanent Delegation to UN Habitat Ambassador Khaled el Abyad voiced happiness over the re-election of Egypt, expressing his appreciation for the sisterly African states over their confidence in Egypt and its ability to enhance the African interests and defend them.
source/content: egypttoday.com
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EGYPT
Sarah Al-Suhaimi has been appointed to the board of directors at Saudia airline as a representative of the private sector, following approval from the Kingdom’s Council of Ministers.
Al-Suhaimi is also the chairwoman for the board of directors at the Saudi Arabian Stock Exchange (Tadawul), the largest stock market in the Middle East. In 2017, she became the first Saudi woman to hold that position.
Three years before Tadawul, Al-Suhaimi was the CEO and a board director at the National Commercial Bank, also known as Al-Ahli Bank.
Al-Suhaimi served as the vice chairperson of the advisory committee to the board of the Capital Market Authority between 2013 and 2015.
She worked as the chief investment officer at Jadwa Investment, where she led the asset management and wealth management business lines and was also a member of its management committee between 2007 and 2014.
Al-Suhaimi started her career within asset management at Samba Capital. She is a trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation and a We-Fi Leadership Champion.
source/content: arabnews.com
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SAUDI ARABIA