Mbwana Samatta (aka) Mbwana Ally Samatta, professional Footballer is the first Tanzanian who plays as a striker for the English Club – Aston Villa and the Tanzanian National Team.
-First player from East Africa to be crowned ‘CAF Player of the Year’ – January 2020
-Ebony Shoe Award – Belgium, 2019
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Tanzania
Qorsho Hassan is the First Somali-American educator to win the honour of ‘Minnesota Teacher of the Year Award’ 2020.
The award is sponsored by ‘Education Minnesota’ the state’s largest educator union.
Qorsho Hassan teaches 5th grade at the Gideon Pond Elementary School in Burnsville. She was selected out of 134 nominees.
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American / Somali-American
Areej Al Hammadi was awarded the Guinness World Record for the most ‘hotstepper’ football control tricks (86) completed in one minute, breaking the previous world record of 56 held in the UK.
Areej Al Hammadi is a footballer and a member of the UAE National Team since 2015.
She is also the Creative Project Manager at Expo 2020 Dubai.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Shamal Bridge is the largest metal buried bridge span and was achieved by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, United Arab Emirates .
The bridge span measures 32.39 m (106.3ft) has a capacity of 2,000 vehicles per hour. The record is certified by Guinness World Records.
The project was undertaken by ViaCon Sp. zoo (Poland) as a part of the Ras Al Khaimah ring road – The Shamal Bridge
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Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Avionav manufactures small planes from start to finish in Tunisa.
Twin brothers Ferid El Kamel and Foued El Kamel launched the aircraft manufacturing startup in 2011. Their capacity is to produce about 100 planes a year.
www.avionav.net
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Tunisia
Highway 10 is the longest dead straight road on earth, covering 140 miles (240Km) in one stretch according to Guinness.
It links Haradh (Highway 75) to Al Batha and is a total desert land.
Bonus Record:
Highway 85 – Saudi Arabia . Not a straight road. From Jubail on the coast to Turaif on the border of Jordan. The Highway is 693 miles long and takes about 9 hours to drive in one go.
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Saudi Arabia
Nejib Belhedi’s registration in Guinness Book of Records is the first in Tunisian sports history.
-First Marathon Swimmer in Tunisia and first who swam Kerkennah – June 1991
-English Channel (England to France) on September 15–16, 1993 in 16 hours 35 minutes. First and only Tunisian who accomplished the English Channel, the Channel Swimming Association created a trophy in the name of Belhedi : Belhedi Trophy for the Channel Swim
-Nejib Belhedi accomplished 1400 km along the total coast of Tunisia during 2011-2012 all seasons
-Title of the World Performance of the year 2011 for his marathon 1400 K Swim Across Tunisia, honored on RMS Queen Mary, California, Los Angeles on 22 Sept 2012.
-Title of the World of Man of the Year 2016 for his Iron Swim and Ouma for kids realizations, honored on Bizerta Resort Bierta Tunisia by WOWSA on 12 September 2017
-Swam between the Diomede Islands in a time of 39 minutes, covering 4 km in 2 °C and making the circuit from Russia to USA in a way different from that swum by Lynne Cox (Aug 17, 2013)
-120 km Swim No Stop (Tunisia- Gulf of Gabes) from the Southern Salin Basin in Thyna-Sfax, through the middle of Boughrara Gulf to Jilj Island in 76 hours 30 minutes at the age of 66. (Sept 15-18, 2018) Longest solo swim in sea by the World Open Water Swimming Association
– Nejib Belhedi was awarded National Defence Shield by the Minister of National Defence of Tunisia for his successful 120 km Swim Sfax- Djerba (Oct 2018)
-Nejib Belhedi was identified as the title holder of the winner of the longest solo swim in sea in history by WOWSA in Olympic Club – San Francisco (Nov 10th, 2018)
-Iron Swim accomplishments: Several
– Won Poseidon Iron Swim Trophy as the World unbeatable Pananrmal Iron Swimmer on 19 November 2015 in El Kantaoui Port
– Nejib Belhedi completed the longest Marthon Swimming duration in SEA 76 Hours 30 min, Solo, No Stop , No assisted from South of Sfax city ( Thyna) to Behind Djerba Island ( Jlij Island – Boughrara Lake), 120 Km, on 15 – 18 September 2018? under the regulation of The World Open Water Swimming Association ( WOWSA)
-Nejib Belhedi entered in Guinness Book on 5 October 2019 at Redondo Beach ( Los Angeles), Ocean first event organized by WOWSA – as Word Record Holder the longest swimming in open sea under World Open Water Swimming regulation for 76 Hr30 min on 15- 18 September 2018 . This Guinness book registration of Nejib Belhedi is the first in the history of the Sport of Tunisia.
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Tunisia
13,377 camels participated in the largest camel racing tournament in the world. Certificate issued by Guinness World Records.
The event was organised by the Saudi Camel Racing Federation and was held on September 13th, 2019 at Taif, Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Sallam from Egypt is the only Arab candidate selected for Round III of the Dutch Mars One Project.
He hopes it will pave the path for future Arab astronauts in outer space. Sallam is one of the 100 candidates selected to have entered Round III for Mars One, down form 202,000 initial applicants.
Next year 24 finalists will be selected and trained for the 2031 mission to Mars which aims to establish the first human settlement/colony on the red planet.
-Founder -‘ Saturn V Space Club’ / Project Manager and Speaker – ‘Make Space Yours’ / Member of the Board of Advisory member – ‘Telescopia’
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Egypt
Hazza Sulaiman Al Shehhi – successfully executed the highest sword throw reaching 21.275m (69ft.9″).
It was achieved as a part of the Fujairah Crown Prince Award and Al Saif Traditional Sword competition, held at Fujairah Fort, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates on November 26th, 2010.
Hazza has a specially developed technique for throwing the sword.
The attempt was measured using videography and high precision laser measuring meter called Leica Disto D8. The event was certified by Guinness World Records.
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Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)