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Allam
Allam is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abdul Qadir al-Allam (1919–2003), Libyan politician * Ahmad Allam-Mi (born 1948), Chadian diplomat * Ahmed Issam Allam (born 1931), Egyptian gymnast * Andrew Allam (1655–1685), English writer * Assem Allam (born 1939), Egyptian businessman * Boumedienne Allam (born 1979), French-Algerian rugby player * Dalia Allam (born 1980), Egyptian synchronized swimmer * Hannah Allam (born 1977), American journalist and reporter * Hassan Allam (1903–1976), Egyptian builder * Ibrahim Allam, Egyptian paralympic shot putter * Jeff Allam (born 1954), British racing driver * Magdi Allam (born 1952), Egyptian journalist and writer * Mohamed Abdel Khalek Allam (1921–2011), Egyptian diver * Mohamed Nasr Eldin Allam, Egyptian engineer * Najla' Jalal Al Sayyed Allam, Egyptian writer and researcher * Nida Allam (born 1993), American politician * Peter Allam (born 1959), British sailor * Rodney John Allam Rodney John Allam, MBE (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdi Allam
Magdi Cristiano Allam ( ar, مجدي علام Majdī ʿAllām; born 22 April 1952), is an Egyptian-Italian journalist and politician, noted for his criticism of Islam and his articles on the relations between Western culture and the Islamic world. Allam converted from Islam to Roman Catholicism during the Vatican's 2008 Easter vigil service presided over by Pope Benedict XVI. He served as a regional councillor in the Italian region of Basilicata after being elected in 2010, and was a Member of the European Parliament for Italy from 2009 to 2014. Biography Allam was born in Egypt and raised by Muslim parents. His mother Safeya Allam was a believing and practicing Muslim, whereas his father Muhammad Allam was "completely secular and agreed with the ntil the early seventies widely heldopinion of the majority of Egyptians who took the West as a model in regard to individual freedom, social customs and cultural and artistic fashions." At age four, his mother entrusted him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assem Allam
Assem Allam (1 August 1939 – 2 December 2022) was an Egyptian-British businessman, based in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1968. He was the owner of Allam Marine, an industrial generator manufacturer, and of EFL Championship club Hull City. Early life Born in Egypt in 1939, Allam moved to the UK from Gamal Abdel Nasser's regime in Egypt in 1968. He studied economics at the University of Hull. Career After qualifying as an accountant, he started work at Tempest Diesel Limited (Co. Number 00335080). In 1981, he used a loan to begin a buy-out of the company. In 1992 the company was put into administrative receivership at the behest of Barclays Bank, along with Ruscador Shipyard Limited. Resulting in the redundancy of the company's entire workforce of more than 50. In the same year, he incorporated a purchase of the companies assets through a new company, Allam Marine Limited (Co. Number 02708090), subsequently leading the company to international success. Allam and his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nida Allam
Nida Allam (born December 15, 1993) is an American politician, political activist, and data analyst. She currently serves on the Durham County Board of Commissioners, to which she was elected in 2020, making her the first Muslim woman to serve in public office in North Carolina. Allam is one of five women to serve on the Durham County Board of Commissioners; this is the first time the board has consisted entirely of women in its 139-year history. Since 2018, Allam has served as the Chair of the Durham Mayor’s Council for Women. She was elected as the Third Vice-Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party and served from 2017 to 2021, becoming the first Muslim to serve on the party’s executive board. On November 8, 2021, Allam announced that she would be seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for Congress in North Carolina's newly redrawn 4th Congressional District. Early life and education Allam was born on December 15, 1993, in Ottawa, Canada. She is the daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Allam
Roger William Allam (born 26 October 1953) is a British actor, who has performed on stage, in film, on television and radio. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical ''Les Misérables'', First Officer Douglas Richardson in the award-winning radio series ''Cabin Pressure'', and DCI Fred Thursday in the TV series '' Endeavour''. He is also known for his roles as Illyrio Mopatis in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', Royalton in ''Speed Racer'', Lewis Prothero in the 2005 adaptation of ''V for Vendetta'' and as Peter Mannion MP in ''The Thick Of It''. He has been nominated a Laurence Olivier Award six times, winning thrice. Life and career Allam was born in Bow, London, England. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Manchester University. His father was rector of St Mary Woolnoth. He played Mercutio for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1983. From 1985 to 1986, he played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Allam
Jeffrey Frank Allam (born 19 December 1954 in Epsom, England), is a former British racing driver who made his name in Saloon Car racing. He now works as Head of Business for Allam Motor Services in Epsom which are a Skoda sales and service and Vauxhall servicing dealership. Racing career Starting in kart racing he soon progressed to saloon car racing winning regularly in Vauxhalls. He first entered the British Saloon Car Championship in 1978 driving a Ford Capri 3.0, finishing 2nd in class. In 1979 he repeated this with another 2nd place in class. In 1981 he drove a TWR Rover Vitesse, taking Rover's first overall win in the championship. Allam continued to drive for TWR Rover again in 1982, this time winning the class title. He was paired with Frank Sytner for the 1982 season, but Sytner left the team partway through the year. The following year saw Allam partnering Steve Soper and Pete Lovett in the Rover team, and the three drivers dominated the year, easily winning the manu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Allam
Hannah Allam (born 1977) is an American journalist and reporter. Biography Allam was born in Oklahoma to a Muslim family in 1977. Currently working for the Washington Post, Allam has a wide background within MSN outlets. Prior to Washington Post, she was a Washington-based national security correspondent for NPR, focusing on homegrown extremism. Before joining NPR, she was a national correspondent for BuzzFeed News who is based in Washington, DC. Allam was the Middle East Bureau Chief (Baghdad) for McClatchy Newspapers. Early in her career, Allam interned for ''The Washington Post''. She then became a staff reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, from which McClatchy recruited her in 2003 to assist them with, and later to lead, their in-depth coverage of the Iraq War. She is fluent in English, French, and Arabic. She was raised in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, but she returned to the US to complete high school in Oklahoma, then she majored in journalism and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Allam
Hassan Mohammed Allan (1903 – 3 January 1976) was one of the pioneers of modern construction in Egypt. Early life and career Hassan Allam was born in Port Said and subsequently moved to the Upper Egyptian town of Al Minya with his family. His father owned a small shop that sold construction materials including tiles and ceramics imported from Great Britain. Allam attended primary school but did not continue his education, joining his father's business instead. In 1924 at the age of 19, he immigrated to Cairo where he formed a small informal contracting outfit. In 1936, he founded Hassan Mohammed Allam & Co. for General Contracting - a limited partnership company. Despite having received no formal education in the field of construction, his managerial and technical expertise were substantial. He was also widely popular with construction labourers and engineers. First major contracts In 1938, King Farouk was on his way to Ismalia when he was injured in a car accide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney John Allam
Rodney John Allam, MBE (born 1940 in St Helens, Lancashire) is an English chemical engineer and fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers who is credited with inventions related to power generation, notably the Allam power cycle, which is a generation process for fossil fuels, with integrated carbon dioxide capture. Career Allam was employed by Air Products & Chemicals for 44 years, most recently as Director of Technology Development. In 2004, he was appointed member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the environment. He has also been a visiting professor at the Imperial College of Science and Technology and a lead author of the IPCC special report on carbon dioxide capture and storage, released in 2005. In 2007, the IPCC, along with Al Gore, was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. His work has included new processes and equipment for production of gases and cryogenic liquids, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Allam-Mi
Ahmad Allam-Mi (born 1948 United Nations press release, BIO/4019, 8 September 2008.) is a Chadian diplomat who has been Secretary-General of the since 2013. He was the Foreign Minister of Chad from 2005 to 2008, and he was Chad's Permanent Representative to the from 2008 to 2013. |
Peter Allam
Peter Frank Allam (born 25 July 1959) is a British competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ..., together with Jonathan Richards. Peter Allam is Chief Executive of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy venue for the sailing events of the London 2012 Olympic Games References External links * * * 1959 births Living people British male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Olympic sailors of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawki Allam
Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam ( ar, شوقي إبراهيم عبد الكريم علّام) is the 19th and current Grand Mufti of Egypt through Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah, succeeding Ali Gomaa. Biography Allam was born in the Nile Delta governorate of Beheira on 12 August 1961. He received his PhD in 1996 from the Al-Azhar University in Jurisprudence and Sharia law.Ahram Online: "Egypt's new Grand Mufti elected for first time ever" February 11, 2013 Before his appointment, he served as the chairman of the Department of Jurisprudence at the School of Sharia at Al-Azhar University's branc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Abdel Khalek Allam
Mohamed Abdel Khalek Allam (1921 – January 2011) was an Egyptian diver. He competed in the men's 10 metre platform event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... Outside of sports, he was an educator. References 1921 births 2011 deaths Egyptian male divers Olympic divers of Egypt Divers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cairo 20th-century Egyptian people 21st-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |