Tawhida Ben Cheikh: Tunisia’s First Female Physician

Tawhida Ben Cheikh. Medical Doctor. Gynaecologist. Feminist. Editor

Google dedicates doodle to Tunisia’s first female physician

First/s:

  • First Female Tunisian to graduate from Secondary School in 1928
  • First Female Tunisian Physician. Graduated from Paris.
  • Founder and First editor of ‘Leila’. Tunisia’s first French language women’s magazine
  • World’s First-ever banknote to feature a female doctor ’10 Dinar note in 2020 – Dr Tawhida Ben Cheikh

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Tawhida Ben Cheikh was a pioneer in women’s medicine, in particular contraception and abortion access. Image Credit: Google doodle

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TUNISIA

Winners of ‘ 2021 El Hassan Bin Talal Award for Scientific Excellence ‘ , Jordan : March 2021

The first award was divided between the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), for the establishment of a pharmaceutical research centre, and the University of Petra, for establishing a laboratory animal research unit, according to a statement from the Higher Council for Science and Technology. 

The second award was divided between Al Hussein Bin Talal University, for the establishment of a labs platform, and JUST for the establishment of simulation labs at the Faculty of Nursing. 

The third award was divided between Jadara University, for the development of an intelligent medical system for cervical cancer recognition and classification, and Zarqa University, for the development of three-dimensional stiffness roofing plates. 

The announcement of this year’s winners marks the award’s 26th anniversary and is made on the occasion of HRH Prince Hassan’s 74th birthday. 

source/content : jordantimes.com

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pix: hcst.gov.jo

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JORDAN

Dubai – Another Guinness World Records in Energy Sector : March 2021

Dubai project recognized as largest single-site natural gas power facility in the world.

Dubai has chalked up another Guinness World Records entry — and this time it’s for a gas project.

The Jebel Ali complex of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has been recognized as the largest single-site natural gas power generation facility in the world, state news agency WAM reported.

The complex has an electricity generation capacity of 9,547 megawatts.

source/content: arabnews.com

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The Jebel Ali complex of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has an electricity generation capacity of 9,547 megawatts. (File/AFP) / pix: arabnews.com

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)

Mohammad Suleiman and Gamal Bakhit Honored in Egypt’s Opera House : March 25, 2021

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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FILE – Cairo Opera House / pix: egypttoday.com

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EGYPT

Emirati Omar Al-Fadhli Wins jiu-jitsu Gold Moscow : March 2021

 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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Omar Al Fadhli won the gold medal in the 62-kg purple belt category in Moscow. (WAM)

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

UAE Turns ‘Largest Major Investor’ with $10bn Pledge for Indonesia Wealth Fund: 2021

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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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. (Shuttertstock/File Photo) / arabnews.com

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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)

Saudi Water Desalination Corporation Sets Yet Another Guinness World Record : March 2021

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.

2018:

It also broke its 2018 world record of five million cubic meters of water a day.

source: arabnews.com

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Saline Water Conversion Corporation entered the Guinness Book of Records for the lowest energy-consuming desalination plant. (Twitter/@swcc_ksa) / pix: arabnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA

Nawal El Saadawy – Activist, Physican and Writer

Nawal El Saadawy (aka) Nawal Zeinab El Sayed. Feminist Writer, Activist, Doctor, Psychiatrist.

Dedicated to combating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Founder:

  • Founder and President: Arab Women’s Solidarity Association
  • Co-Founder: Arab Association for Human Rights

Books:

  • A Notebook of an 85 year old Girl (2017)
  • Memoirs from the Women’s Prison (1983)
  • Woman At Point Zero (1975)
  • Women and Sex (1972)
  • etc…

Awards / Honours:

  • North-South Prize, Council of Europe (2004)
  • Inana International Prize, Belgium (2005)
  • Sean McBride Peace Prize, International Peace Bureau (2012)
  • Declared ‘The Simone de Beauvoir’ of the Arab World
  • Listed in TIME magazine’s 100 Women of the Year

Passed away on March 21st, 2021

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pix: Nawal El Saadawi, 1981 is a photograph by Portrait by Sarah Jane Moon for TIME which was uploaded on March 5th, 2020.

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EGYPT

Mohamed Mechbal Awarded 2021 King Faisal Arabic Literature Award : February 2021

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

Award/s:

  • Sheikh Zayed Prize for Critical Studies 2018
  • Katara Prize for Critical Studies 2018

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pix: moroccoworldnews.com

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MOROCCO

Samia Hassan – First Female President of Tanzania : March 2021

Samia Suluhu Hassan (aka) Samia Hassan makes history by becoming the First Female President of Tanzania and the country’s 6th President.

  • Former First Female Vice President of Tanzania
  • Minister of Union Affairs 92014)
  • Minister of Trade & Tourism (2000)

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pix: dw.com

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TANZANIA