Hicham El Guerrouj won the 1,500 metres event at IAAF Golden League Golden Gala in Rome, Italy, in a time of 3 minutes 26 seconds on 14 July 1998.
He beat the existing record by more than a second.
El Guerrouj also retained 4 other world record times:
over one mile (indoors and outdoors) 2,000 metres (outdoors) and 1,500 metres (indoors) as on 2017
Record: Guinness World Record
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Morocco
The Shieikh Jaber Causeway is the 4th longest bridge in the world.
Named after Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah who ruled during the Gulf war.
About 80 percent of the sea-bridge is over water and connects Kuwait City to Subiya where a USD 100 billion dollar mega-city is being built.
The drive around the bay usually takes over an hour, but with bridge’s construction completed, it shortens to less than 20 minutes.
The USD 2.6 billion causeway was designed by Paris based engineering and consulting group ‘Systra’. Lead by a consortium of South Korea’s ‘Hyundai Engineering & Construciton Co.’ and Kuwait’s ‘Combined Group Contracting Company’.
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Kuwait
Shamal Steel Arch Bridge , Ras Al Khaimah, UAE is now the World’s longest steel bridge , certified by Guinness World Records.
It is planned to handle 2,000 vehicles per hour and includes a life expectancy of 104 years without any maintenance.
The bridge is a part of the second phase of Emirates Road as envisaged by the Ministry of Infrastructure, UAE
The former record was held by Poland’s 26m long bridge
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Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Burj Khalifa is the World’s Tallest Building. A living wonder.
At over 828 metres (8,216 feet) and more than 160 stories. It holds the following world records.
WORLD RECORDS:
Emaar Properties PJSC is the master developer of Burj Khalifa.
www.burjkhalifa.ae
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Dubai / United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Immunologist Dr. Miriam Merad elected to the prestigious American National Academy of Sciences.
Presently:
Awards:
Education:
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American / French-Arab / Algeria
Ayanleh Souleiman (aka) Hassan Ayanleh (aka) Hassan Ayanleh Souleiman winner – Indoor World Record for 1000 metres at Globengalan event, Stockholm, Sweden.
Middle distance runner with a specialisation in 1500 metres
Awards:
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Djibouti
‘ King Abdul Aziz Falconry Festival ‘ confirmed by Guinness World Records (GWR) as the ‘ World’s Largest Falcon Racing Tournament ‘
The participation of a record 723 falcons , competing for 10 day ( Jan 25 to Feb 03, 2019). The total purse value at SR 17,630,00.
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia ranks fourth globally in the use of 5G technology and 10th in internet speed.
Findings were presented by Deputy Minister for Technology, Industry & Digital Capacity, Ministry of Communicaion and Information, Dr. Ahmed Al-Theneyan – at the webinar ‘Digital Lanterns’ event launched by Makkah Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
The Kingdom jumped from 150th to 10th place globally in terms of internet speed.
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s 500-seat ‘Maraya Concert Hall’ in the north-west province of AlUla breaks a new global record.
The unveiling of the new shimmering new facade was at a special cermony held by the Royal Commission of AlUla, at the 2nd season of the ‘Winter at Tantora Festival’ .
External cladding facade displays 9,740 square metres of mirror designed as a cuboid. Guinness World Record title was on December 26th, 2019.
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AlUla, Saudi Arabia
Hamad Port, of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Qatar – achieves yet another milestone as the ‘Deepest Artificial Port Basin created on Land’.
Hamad Port is the gateway to Qatar’s world trade. The Port’s basin is 4 km long, 700 m wide and 17 m deep.
Guinness World Record issued the certification on September 09th, 2019
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Doha, Qatar