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Emel Mathlouthi Tunisian Singer Releases new Album ‘EMEL – The Tunis Diaries : 2020

Emel Mathlouthi (aka) Emel . Singer. Songwriter. Music Producer.

On October 23, Tunisian-born/New York-based experimental singer Emel released‘The Tunis Diaries’ .

A double EP that features a collection of newly recorded reworks from Emel’s catalog (‘Day’), paired with an eclectic selection of covers (‘Night’).

Equipped with only a laptop, tape recorder, and a classical guitar she crowdsourced from a local fan via Facebook, Emel created ‘The Tunis Diaries’ entirely in Tunis after she was unexpectedly quarantined in her childhood home this Spring.

www.emelmathlouthi.com

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TUNISIA / New York, U.S.A.

Egypt’s Tahya Misr Fund Breaks the Record for the ‘World’s Largest Humanitarian Aid Convoy : December 2020

Egypt’s Tahya Misr Fund sets a new record for the World’s Largest Aid Convoy with 470 trucks carrying food and other essentials on behalf of ‘The Long Live Egypt Fund’.

The Record was certified by Guinness World Records.

The convoy set off on November 20th, 2020 to poor villages in the 27 Egyptian governorates to distribute food. It had 1 million cartons of foodstuffs, 2,000 tons of poultry, 1 million blankets, over 500,000 items of clothing, 1,500 dialysis machines to serve 120,000 patients and 1,000 wheel chairs for distribution.

The cost of the ‘The Long Live Egypt Fund’ initiative had reached EGP 1 billion (USD 63.88 million) and is dedicated to serving 1 million citizens.

The previous record holder was the Netherlands with 416 trucks since 2004.

Another Record Broken:

The largest poultry donation convoy in the world

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EGYPT

Egyptian Hala El-Said Awarded ‘Arab Government Excellence Award’ : December 2020

Dr. Hala Helmy El-Said was awarded the ‘Arab Government Excellence Award’ as the Best Arab Minister.

Hala H El-Said Ph.D . Minister. Egyptian Economist. Academic. Author.

Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Egypt

Positions:

First elected Dean- Faculty of Economics and Political Science (2011)
Deputy President – Scientific Research and Exterior Relations , Cairo University (2013)
Board Member – Central Bank of Egypt
Executive Director – Egyptian Banking Institute(EBI) for 8 consequetive years
Advisor to the Governor – Central Bank of Egypt (CBE)
Member, Board of Trustees of Anti-Money Laundering Unit at Central Bank of Egypt (CBE)
Board Member – Arab African International Bank

Education :

Ph.D – Economics – Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University (1989)

Academic Papers :

Author of a wide range of internationally acclaimed research papers, studies and reports

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EGYPT

Hiba Abouk : Spanish Television Actress

Hiba Aboukhris Benslimane (aka) Hiba Abouk . Television Actress. Model.

Roles in:

El Principe – TV series (29 episodes)
El corazon del oceano – TV series (6 chapters)
Con el culo al aires (es) – TV series (26 episodes)
Cheers – TV series (1 episode)
La isla de nominado – TV series
El Sindrome de Ulises

Awards:

Winner – Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards , Women’s Beauty Icon – 2014

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SPAIN / LIBYAN-TUNISIAN

Moroccan Achraf Hakimi – ‘Fastest Football Player’ in Bundesliga’s History : 2020

Achraf Hakimi Mouch (aka) Achraf Hakimi. Professional International Football Player.

The German Bundesliga football league has named the International Football player Achraf Hakimi as the fastest player in Germany with a record speed of 36.49 km/h (22.67 miles/h)

Achraf Hakimi plays as full-back for Serie A club – Inter Milan . He is on loan to Borussia Dortmund. He is also a key player in the National Football team of Morocco.

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pix; en.wikipedia.org / Hakimi with Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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MOROCCO. SPAIN

First Tunisian Woman Referee to Make History by Overseeing a Top Tunisian Division League Match : Dorsaf Ganouati

Dorsaf Ganouti . Football Referee.

Dorsaf Ganouti became the first woman to make history in Tunisia by refereeing a top division men’s Tunisian league match in the city of Radee.

Stated her football career as a goal keeper
Started her refereeing in 2011
On FIFA’s list of International Referees since 2015
She is one of the three Tunisian women on FIFA’s list of International Referees

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TUNISIA

Kamal Oudrhiri – Multiple Award Winning Physicist, Scientist at NASA

Kamal Oudrhiri . Scientist. Physicist.

Kamal Oudrhiri led a successful discovery mission by the American Space Agency (NASA) achieving a breakthrough in the field of Quantum Physics.

The mission was achieved by the participation of two astronauts Christina Koch, Jessica Meir and three Nobel prize winners.

The achievement took place at eh ‘Cold Atom Lab’ on the International Space Station (ISS) which NASA had installed in 2018.

Kamal Oudrhiri has worked on missions related to Mars exploration vehicles including ‘Curiosity’, ‘Rovers’, ‘Spirit’, ‘Opportunity’ as well as ‘Cassini’ for Saturn, ‘Grail’ for the Moon and ‘Juno’ for Jupiter.

Assignments:

-Mission Manager – Cold Laboratory / -The Group Supervisor – Planetary Radar & Radio Sciences Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

First Moroccan to work for NASA.

Honours:

NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal (November 2019)
NASA’s JPL Marine Awards – Three
NASA’s JPL Voyager Awards – Three
39 NASA Group Achievement Awards
NASA People Leadership Award
King Mohammed VI ‘Royal Decoration’ Award for Scientific Achievement (2012)

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U.S.A / MOROCCO

Sofia Boutella : Algerian-French Actress. Hollywood.

Sofia Boutella – Actress. Model. Dancer.

Actor:

-2019 – Amazon Prime’s Modern Love (season 1, edition 5) / 2018 – Roles in the movies Climax, Fahrenheit 451 / 2017 – Roles in Atomic Blonde, The Mummy / 2016 – Roles in Star Trek Beyond, as alien warrior Jaylah / 2015 – Kingsman: The Secret Service // 2015 – Lead character Eva in the film Street Dance 2 etc….

Music Videos:

Performed in more than 20 leading world acclaimed music videos with icons of the music industry. Worked with Michael Jackson, Rihanna. Toured with Madonna.

Modelling:

Appeared in Nike Women’s advertising campaign amongst others.

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FRANCE / ALGERIAN-FRENCH

Ons Jabeur. Makes History – Cracks Top 30 in WTA Rankings (August 2020). Arab Woman of the Year in Sports (2019).

Ons Jabeur. Female Tennis Professional.

Ons Jabeur is expected to climb to 30th rank in the International Womens’ Tennis Association (WTA) rankings.

She has won 11 singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women’s Circuit.

-Arab Woman of the Year in Sports (2019)

-First Arab Player to win a Junior Grand Slam Singles title

-First Arab Woman to reach quarter finals of a Grand Slam Tournament at the 2020 Australian Open

-Highest ranked Arab Player in WTA history

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Tunisia

World Record Winner of ‘Marathon des Sables’ – Lahcen Ahansal

Lahcen Ahansal . Athlete. Long distance runner.

He has the world record for most wins by an individual – 10 wins. The first in 1997 and then 9 of them consequtively 1999 upto 2007

Marathon des Sables is considered to be the toughest running race in the world. It is a six-day ultradistance event that covers 254 km across the Sahara Desert in Morocco.

Lahcen Ahansal is also an organiser to trekking in Southern Morocco and the ‘Zagora Marathon’.

Other Events:

2010: Winner of the Al Andalus Ultimate trail
2006: Winner of the Ultra Marathon of Belgium (100 km )
2006: 2 ^nd place in the Beaujolais Marathon (team winner)
2006: 3 ^th place at the Ultra Marathon Verbier , Switzerland
2002: 2 ^nd place in the 100 km of Biel , Switzerland
2001: Winner of the Swiss Alpine Marathon ( Davos , Switzerland)
1999: Winner of the Défi Val-de-Travers , Switzerland (74 km , 2952D +)
1998: Winner of the Super Marathon des Gorges du Verdon , France
1998: Winner of the Austrian Ultra Marathon
1995: 3 ^rd in the Moroccan Super Marathon (contested in the Atlas Mountains)

– A Book by Belgian journalist Marie-Pierre Fosny ‘Marathonien des Sables – Lahcen Ahansal, Nomadic Child and Desert Star’

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Morocco