Tag: Jordan Records

Abdul Rahman Al Masatfa Wins 2nd Medal For Jordan, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 06th, 2021

Abdul Rahman Al Masatfa. Karate. Athlete

Abdul Rahman Al Masatfa has won Jordan’s second medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after clinching a bronze in the 67kg Karate competition, according to the Jordan Olympic Committee News Service. 

The 25-year-old medical student won every single fight in Pool B to book a semifinal match against Turkey’s Eray Samdan, which he lost 2-0.

This is Jordan’s second medal at the current Olympics followingSaleh Al-Sharabaty’s silver in taekwondo 80kg event last week.

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Jordan’s Abdul Rahman Al Masatfa poses with his bronze medal in the men’s -67kg kumite event of the karate competition at a ceremony during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on Thursday (AFP photo by Alexander Nemenov) / pix: jordantimes.com

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JORDAN

Reema Dodin – First Palestinian-American to Serve as White House Staffer : January 2021

Biden appoints Jordanian-American Reema Dodin as White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs

Serves as Co-Deputy Director, White House Office of Legislative Affairs.

Education:

  • BA – University of California, Berkeley – Economics and Political Science (2002)
  • JD – Law Degree – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign(JD) – (2006)

Book:

  • Book – Co-Author : ‘Inside Congress: A Guide for Navigating the Politics of the House and Senate Floor (2017)

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Senate staffer Reema Dodin speaks at the Gibran Gala in 2018. (Screen capture/YouTube)

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U.S.A / ARAB-AMERICAN /PALESTINIAN- JORDANIAN -AMERICAN