CAFU wins ‘Gold Innovation in Sustainable Technologies’ Award – Dubai (UAE) : October 2020

CAFU was awarded ‘Gold Innovation in Sustainable Technologies’ Award at the 4th edition of ‘Gulf Sustainability and CSR Award’ ceremony held in October 2020.

CAFU – a Dubai-based start-up is the First technology-enabled on-demand fuel delivery application in the Middle East. Headed by Founder and CEO – Rashid Al Ghurair.

It ventured out its International operation into Oman by signing a joint agreement with Oman based Al Maha Petroleum which operates a network of more than 225 services across the country.

Awards:

-Most outstanding work of collecting over 2 million Ghaf Tree Seeds in the Emirate of Sharjah – Awarded by H.H. Sheikh Sultan Al Qassimi, Ruler of Sharjah.

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

World’s Largest Fountain – The Palm Fountain, Dubai (UAE) – October 23rd, 2020

The Palm Fountain at The Pointe, the Palm Jumeirah broke the record for the World’s largest fountain.

The Palm Fountain measures 7,327 sq. metres and spreads 14,000 sq. feet of sea water equipped with shooters capable of blasting water 105 metres into the air and features 3,000 LED lights in multiple colours.

Certified by Guinness World Records.

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)

Yasmine Al Massri . Hollywood & International Actress.

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

Wasini Al-A’raj . Novelist. Writer.

Dr.Wasini Al-Araj (aka) Waciny Laredj. Novelist. Short-story writer. Translator. Academic.

Awards/Honours:

  • 2007 Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature, winner for The Prince’s Book: The Paths of the Wooden Gates
  • 2011 International Prize for Arabic Fiction , longlisted for البيت الأندلسي (The Andalucian House)
  • 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, longlisted for رماد الشرق (Ashes of the East)
  • 2015 Katara Prize for Arabic Novel , inaugural winner of the grand prize valued at $260,000 for Butterfly Kingdom

Selected Works: Published more than a dozen books. Available in Arabic and French.

  • al-Bawwaba al-Zarqa (The Blue Gate, 1980)
  • Waqa’i min Awja Rajulin Ghamara Sawb al-Bahr (Facts from the Sufferings of a Man Who Ventured Toward the Sea, 1981)
  • Waq al-Ahdhiya al-Khashina (The sound of the rough shoes, 1981)
  • Ma tabaqqa min Sirat Lakhdar Hamrush (What Remains from the Biography of Lakhdar Hamrush, 1982),
  • Nuwwar al-Lawz (Almond Blossoms, 1983)
  • Masra Ahlam Maryam al-Wadi’a (The Death of Tender Maryam’s Dreams, 1984)
  • Asmak al-Barr al-Mutawahhish (The fish of the wild land, 1986)
  • Damir al-Gha’ib (1990)
  • Faji’at al-Layla al-Sabi’a ba’d al-Alf, Raml al-Maya (The Disaster of the Seventh Night after the One Thousand Night, Raml al-Maya, 1993)
  • La Gardienne des ombres. Don Quichotte à Alger (Protector of the Shadows: Don Quixote in Algiers, 1996; Harisat al-Dhilal, Don Quishotte fi’l-Jaza’ir, 1999)
  • Les Miroirs de l’aveugle (The Mirrors of the Blind Man; Maraya al-Darir, 1998)
  • al-Makhtuta al-Sharqiyya (The Eastern Manuscript, 2002)
  • Kitab al-Amir: masalik abwab al-hadid (The Prince’s Book: The Paths of the Wooden Gates, 2004)
  • Al-Bayt al-Andalusi (The Andalusian House, 2011)
  • Mamlakatu al farasha (The kingdom of the batterfly, 2013)
  • Nissaou Casanova (Casanova’s women, 2016)

Married to poet Zineb Laouedj and collaborated with her on an anthology of African literature in French titled ‘Anthologie de la nouvelle narration africane’.

Education:-

  • Ph.D – University of Damascus
  • M.A – University of Damascus
  • B.A.- Arabic Literature, University of Algeria

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ALGERIA

Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi – Business Leader. Saudi Arabia – Ethiopia.

Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi (aka) Mohammed Al Amoudi . Entrepreneur. Investor. Philanthrophy.

Business Interests: Construction, Real Estate, Refineries, Agriculture etc.

Amongst others

  • MIDROC Ethiopia, MIDROC Europe and Preem Petroleum
  • Corral Petroleum Holdings

Major investments in Saudi Arabia, Sweden and Ethiopia.

www.sheikhmohammedalamoudi.info

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SAUDI ARABIA / ETHIOPIA

74- Year Old Grandfather Ezzeldin Bahader Becomes Worlds Oldest Footballer : October 2020

74-year old Egyptian Ezzeldin Bahader was honoured by Guinness World Records as the oldest active professional football player in the world.

Ezzeldin played for a local team on October 06th, 2020 against El Ayat Sports Club in the Egyptian third tier league.

The septuagenarian was required to feature in 2 professional matches to clinch the honour.

He surpassed the 73-year old Israeli player Issak Hayik off the top spot.

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EGYPT

Peace Activists – Mother & Daughter – Fartuun Adan and Ilwan Elman Awarded the U.S. ‘2020 Aurora Prize’ and USD 1 Million : October 2020

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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Fartuun Adan (right) and Ilwad Elman, the mother and daughter named winners of this year’s $1 million Aurora Prize for their efforts to help former child soldiers and others in their native Somalia.(Kris Connor/Getty Images) / npr.org

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CANADA / SOMALIA

World’s Largest Coffee Painting , by Saudi Female Artist Ohud Abdullah Almalki : October 2020

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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The world’s largest coffee painting by Saudi artist Ohud Abdullah Almalki depicting founding fathers of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the late King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman (R) and the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in Jeddah | AFP /GUINESS WORLD RECORDS / pix: theweek.in

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SAUDI ARABIA

First African Origin MP in New Zealand – Ibrahim Omer : October 2020

Ibrahim Omer elected Member of Parliament (MP) New Zealand from the Labour Party.

First elected at the 2020 New Zealand general elections

Awards / Honours:

  • Chairperson ‘Change Makers Resettlement Forum
  • Award – Absolutely, Positively Wellington, by Wellington City Council (2019)

Education : B.A. – Political Science, New Zealand (2016)

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NEW ZEALAND / ERITREA

Qatar Airways ‘Think Pink’ Flight’s All-Female Crew “Draws” – Ribbon in the Sky : October 2020

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