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Saudi Artist Ajlan Gharem Wins Jameel Prize 6 for Cage-Like Mosque Installation : September 2021

Ajlan Gharem. Artist.

The sixth Jameel Prize winner is artist Ajlan Gharem from Saudi Arabia, recognised for his work Paradise Has Many Gates, an installation from 2015 of a mosque structure constructed from chain-link wire and thereby resembling a cage.

The Jameel Prize is a collaboration between Art Jameel in Riyadh and the V&A in London. It recognises contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. This year’s prize was announced via a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, with Fady Jameel, chairman and founder of Art Jameel, presenting the award.

Gharem was among eight finalists shortlisted from more than 400 applicants.

Born in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia, in 1985, Gharem lives in Riyadh and works as a mathematics teacher. He and his brother Abdulnasser, who is also an artist, founded the non-profit arts organisation Gharem Studio in 2013 to bring young artists in the kingdom together.

source/content: thenationalnews.com

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Ajlan Gharem’s monumental wire structure ‘Paradise Has Many Gates’ is now at Gharem Studio. Photo: Gharem Studio / pix: thenationalnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA

Ain Shams University- Egypt, Wins Unesco Literacy Prize : September 2021

Ain Shams University in Egypt is awarded the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy 2021 for its project ‘Ain Shams University experience in organizing online literacy classes for rural areas in Egypt’.

The Cairo university is one of six international recipients recognised for outstanding inclusive distance and digital learning projects in Covid times.

Egypt’s Ain Shams University has won the Unesco Confucius Prize for Literacy for its project that uses digital technology to teach literacy in rural areas of the country.

The annual Unesco international literacy prizes were awarded to six programmes from Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Mexico and South Africa, on International Literacy Day.

Ain Shams University president Prof Mahmoud El Meteini spoke in an online event held to recognise the award recipients on Thursday.

The Unesco Confucius Prize for Literacy was established in 2005 with the support of the Chinese government. Each of the three prizewinners will receive a medal, a diploma and a cash prize of $30,000.

The Unesco King Sejong Literacy Prize, sponsored by the Korean government and established in 1989, gives special consideration to language-based literacy development. The three winners will receive a medal, a diploma and a cash prize of $20,000.

www.asu.edu.eg/

source/content: thenationalnews.com

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EGYPT

International Conservation Organization (IUCN) Elects Emirati Woman Razan Al-Mubarak as President : September 2021

Razan Al-Mubarak. Founding Managing Director, Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. Head of Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD). Managing Director, Emirates Nature (NGO).

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has named an Emirati woman as its new president at its World Conservation Congress in Marseille.

Al-Mubarak is the founding managing director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, which under her leadership has supported more than 2,000 species conservation projects in more thsn 160 countries.

She is also the head of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the managing director at Emirates Nature, an NGO affiliated with the World Wildlife Fund.

Members elect the chairs of IUCN’s commissions, which bring together 18,000 volunteer experts from around the world in a range of disciplines from species conservation to environmental law and protected area management.

IUCN is a union that brings together some of the world’s most influential organizations and experts to conserve nature and accelerate the transition to sustainable development.

source/content: arabnews.com

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature has named Razan Al-Mubarak as its new president. (IUCN) / pix: arabnews.com

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

‘Lamat Shaml’ Wins ‘UAE President’s Cup World Series for Purebred Arabian Horses’, Germany: September 2021

‘Lamat Shaml’ wins 28th edition of UAE President’s Cup World Series for Purebred Arabian Horses in Germany.

“Lamat Shaml,” owned by Walid bin Zayed, galloped to win the Cup.

Evsheim grass track in the German city of Baden-Baden hosted the seventh leg of the global series of races, in one of the largest confrontations and the most important races on European tracks.

Since 1994, the UAE President Cup Series has put Arabian horse racing in the spotlight on some of the biggest stages in the world.

source/content: wam.ae

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

Morocco Wins Bronze in Paralympic Football – Tokyo Olympics : September 2021

The team competed in five-a-side football, emerging with the bronze after defeating China 4-0 in a brilliant performance in the third-place playoffs. The squad consisted of five players, all visually impaired, playing a modified version of football.

Overall, Morocco performed exceptionally well during the 2020 Paralympic Games that wrapped up . Moroccan athletes took home medals in shotput, track, discus, football, and various other athletic disciplines.

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The team competed in five-a-side football, emerging with the bronze after defeating China 4-0 in a brilliant performance. Photo Credit: International Blind Sports Federation

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MOROCCO

Tokyo Paralympics: UAE’s Sultan Alaryani Wins Gold : September 2021

Abdulla Sultan Alaryani . Rifle Shooting. Athlete.

UAE’s Abdullah Sultan Alaryani won the country’s first gold medal in the men’s 50m rifle at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

It is the two-time world champion’s second Paralympic title; he won the gold in London in 2012 and a silver at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. For Alaryani, it is his fifth games medal.

Sultan Alaryani’s gold came after Mohamed Al Hammadi won a bronze in the men’s 100m T34 at the Tokyo Games.

source/content: khaleejtimes.com

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)

Syrian Cheesemaker Razan Al-Sous, Founder of Yorkshire Dama Cheese – Gains Royal Approval in the UK

Razan Al-Sous and her husband Raghid Sandouk fled Syria to start a new life in Yorkshire, leaving behind their dream of setting up their own pharmaceutical company but opening up a new entrepreneurial life in the city of Huddersfield.

With the simple idea of making halloumi-style cheese from cows’ milk and launching a best-selling range of Arabian flavoured cheeses, the innovative pair have won more than 30 awards for their product and gained royal approval from Princess Anne.

When they arrived in Yorkshire, Mr Sandouk’s brother let them run his chicken food outlet and it was there the first Yorkshire Dama Squeaky Cheese was created.

Now they have nine flavours in their range, from plain and chilli to black onion seed, rosemary and mint.

The couple recently won their latest award, for their black pepper squeaky cheese.

n 2017 the couple expanded to new premises and were given a royal seal of approval when Princess Anne officially opened their factory in Sowerby Bridge.

Now the couple have been invited to Buckingham Palace.

This month they won yet another award for their Middle Eastern style cheese, Nabulsi, which contains black onion seeds and has now become a bestseller in the UK.

www.yorkshiredamacheese.co.uk

source/content: thenationalnews.com

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Syrian cheese maker Razan Al-Sous. / pix: Ashraf Helmi / The National

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BRITISH / SYRIAN

Arabic, 5th Most Spoken Language in The World

The Arabic language ranks in the top five of the most spoken languages in the world.

Today, there are 7,117 languages spoken in the world, spread over 220 countries.

Among these languages, about 40% are unfortunately threatened with extinction. This is due to the decreasing number of speakers, resulting in the language’s gradual disappearance.

According to UNESCO, one language disappears every two weeks.

In fact, out of a total of more than 7,000 languages spoken in more than 220 countries, only 200 languages are both spoken and written, and only 23 languages are spoken by more than half the world’s population.

These numbers are constantly changing, and research on world languages is constantly being released.

If 7,117 languages are currently listed around the world, not all of them radiate in the same direction or undergo the same evolution.

According to the scientific publication, Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi, and Arabic are among the top five native languages in the world.

Arabic is the sixth most spoken language in the world, behind English (1268 billion speakers), Mandarin Chinese (1.012 billion), Hindi (637 million), Spanish (538 million) and French, which is closely tied to Arabic for this ranking.

Arabic is spoken by 274 million people in the world, while french speakers make up 277 million. In France, Arabic is the second most spoken language with more than 4 million speakers.

To complete this Top 10 of the most spoken languages in the world, we find behind Arabic, Bengali (265 million speakers), Russian (258 million), Portuguese (252 million) and finally Indonesian (200 million).

source/content: moroccoworldnews.com

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ARABIC SPEAKING WORLD / MOROCCO

Ahmed Tijan & Cherif Younousse, Qatari Men’s Pair Win Bronze Medal ,the First for Beach Volleyball – Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 07th, 2021

Ahmed Tijan Jankol and Cherif Younousse Samba. Men’s Beach Volleyball. Sportsmen. Athletes.

Younousse and Tijan win Qatar’s first beach volleyball bronze

Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan downed Latvia’s Martins Plavins and Edgars Tocs in the men’s beach volleyball bronze medal match, 21-12, 21-18.

The straight sets victory provided Qatar’s first medal in the sport — and eighth overall medal in the history of the Olympics.

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QATAR

Ahmed Elgendy Wins First Silver Medal for Egypt, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 07th, 2021

Ahmed El-gendy (aka) Ahmed Elgendy. Modern Pentathlon. Athlete

Ahmed Elgendy has made Olympics history for Egypt, winning the country’s first ever medal in the men’s modern pentathlon event and the country’s first non-bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Elgendy, who is just 21-years-old, won the historic silver medal after finishing in second place with 1,477 points, just five points away from Great Britain’s Joseph Choong.

Modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport that comprises five different events: fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping and final combined ‘laser-run’ event of pistol shooting and cross country running.

source/content: egyptianstreets.com

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EGYPT