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Arab Woman Of The Year Award
The Arab Women of the Year Awards were created in 2015 and are organized by the ''London Arabia Organisation'' with support from the Mayor of London, Regent's University London and The Bicester Village Shopping Collection corporate partners. They are now an annual event, hosted by London Arabia Organisation as well as numerous partners and supporters. The Awards do not have set categories, to ensure the women are selected purely on merit, rather than their background or chosen field. Multiple awards are given each year in a wide range of categories and over fifty women have now been awarded. See also * List of awards honoring women This list of awards honoring women is an index to articles about notable awards honoring women. It excludes media, science and technology and sports awards, which are covered by separate lists, and it excludes orders of chivalry for women. The l ... References {{Reflist Awards honoring women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of London
The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum, Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first Directly elected mayors in England and Wales, directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The current mayor is Sadiq Khan, who took office on 9 May 2016. The position was held by Ken Livingstone from the creation of the role on 4 May 2000 until he was defeated in May 2008 by Boris Johnson, who then also served two terms before being succeeded by Khan. The mayor is scrutinised by the London Assembly and, supported by their Deputy Mayor of London, Mayoral Cabinet, directs the entirety of London, including the City of London (for which there is also the Lord Mayor of the City of London). Each London boroughs, London Borough also has a ceremonial mayor or, Mayor of Hackney, in Hackney, Mayor of Lewisham, Lewisham, Mayor of Newham, Newham and Mayor of Tower Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souad Abdullah
Suad Abdullah Salem Al-Abd ( ar, سعاد عبد الله; born 1951) is a Kuwaiti actress. She began her career in 1963 as a child on stage. She was born in Basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is han ..., and is of Iraqi origin. Career Filmography Series Jacayl iyo lacag * ''Fedda Qalboha Abyad (Fedda White Heart)''. * '' Ana ‘Endi Nus (I Have A Script)'' * ''Um Al Banat (Mother of the Girls)''. * ''Ala Al Dunia Al Salam (Peace to the World)''. * ''Kharaj wa lam Ya'oud (Went out and Never Came Back)''. * ''Birds on the water''. * ''Eyal Al Theeb (The Kids of Wolf)''. * ''Ruqeya wa Sepicha (Ruqeya and Sepicha) * ''Al Bait Bait Aboona (The House is Our Father's)''. * ''Dars Khususi (Tutorial)''. * ''Khalty Qumasha (Aunt Qumasha)''. * ''Al Akhdar (The Green)''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawsan Al Sha'er
Sawsan al-Sha'er ( ar, سوسن الشاعر, born July 12, 1956) is widely regarded as Bahrain's most influential liberal intellectual. A journalist and author, she is a columnist with Al-Watan (Bahrain), Al-Watan newspaper, having joined the staff there from the pro-government Al Ayam (Bahrain), Al-Ayam. Ms. al-Sha'er is well known for her liberal opinions and has been an outspoken critic of religious "extremism". Unlike many Arab liberals, Ms. al-Sha'er has not been afraid to debate with religious clerics and criticize their opinions. This has brought her into confrontation with many of Bahrain's Islamist politicians, such as Ali Salman and Adel Mouwda. She has accused "extremists" backing suicide bombers in Iraq of trying to ‘lead Bahrain to hell’. While a leading supporter of King Hamad's Politics of Bahrain, political liberalization, Ms. al-Sha'er has criticised the government whenever it has failed to meet its reform commitments and over the performance of individual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch
Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch,The de Facto First Lady of Morocco(since Morocco already has a Queen Consort),is a businesswoman and entrepreneur. She is the founder and current president of Aksal Holding, a Moroccan company specializing in retail, beauty and cosmetics, luxury goods and malls. In 2017, she was named as the "Morocco's Leading Lady of Luxury Goods" by OZY. Career In 2001, Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch sealed an agreement with the Spanish group Inditex. In 2004, she inaugurated the first Zara flagship in Africa. Aksal also owns the sole franchise rights for several leading brands in Morocco, including Zara, Banana Republic, Pull & Bear and Gap. Between 2004 and 2019, Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch signed 23 franchise agreements with major international groups including LVMH, PPR, Inditex, Richemont, Gap Inc., Fnac and The Estée Lauder Companies, among others. In 2011, she inaugurated the Morocco Mall, the second largest shopping center in Africa. Spread over 10 hectar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameera Al-Taweel
Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi ( ar, أميرة بنت عيدان بن نايف الطويل العصيمي العتيبي; born 6 November 1983) is a Saudi Arabian philanthropist and former princess. Born into a non-royal cadet branch of the Saud dynasty, Ameera was married to Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, and assumed the role of Vice Chairperson of Al-Waleed bin Talal Foundation. Al-Taweel is a member of the board of trustees at Silatech. She has advocated for women's rights in Saudi Arabia. Personal life Al-Taweel was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her father is Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi. She was raised by her divorced mother and her grandparents in Riyadh. At age 18 she met Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, a man 28 years older than her, while conducting an interview for a school paper. Eventually, they married in 2008 and were later divorced in November 2013. Since her divorce of prince Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud, she is no longer a princess and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hind Al-Eryani
Hind Al-Eryani is a Yemeni activist and journalist. She advocates for women's rights, LGBTQ+, and peace in Yemen, and has written many articles in support of the topics. She has also fought against khat, a drug-like substance. Hind also advocated for the release of the Baha'is minority in Yemen. She worked closely with UN special envoy Martin Griffiths and Houthi leaders to secure the release of the six Baha'is. Her journalism caused her to have to seek asylum from Turkey to Sweden. She is currently a member of the UN Women's Yemeni Women Pact for Peace & Security. Awards In 2017, she won the Arab Woman of the Year Award The Arab Women of the Year Awards were created in 2015 and are organized by the ''London Arabia Organisation'' with support from the Mayor of London, Regent's University London and The Bicester Village Shopping Collection corporate partners. They a ... for Achievement in Public Awareness. References Yemeni women activists Yemeni women's rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghida Dergham
Raghida Dergham ( ar, راغدة درغام; born 1953) is a Lebanese-American journalist based in Lebanon. She is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Beirut Institute and Columnist for Annahar Al Arabi and The National. She served as Columnist, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, and New York Bureau Chief for the London-based Al-Hayat daily for 28 years. She is well known internationally as a Middle Eastern female journalist, and has received awards for her career achievements. Dergham sees herself as an interpreter of the Middle Eastern and American cultures for her two audiences. Early life Raghida Dergham was born to Nabih and Bahia Dergham in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1953. Her family is Druze in religion. Dergham moved to the United States in 1970 when she was seventeen, and worked her way through college at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh where she studied creative writing and journalism, and graduated in 1974. Career Raghida Dergham began her career in journalism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karma Nabulsi
Karma Nabulsi is a Tutor and Fellow in Politics at St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford, and the Library Fellow. Her research is on 18th and 19th century political thought, the laws of war, and the contemporary history and politics of Palestinian refugees and representation. Career Nabulsi read for her master's and doctorate at Balliol College at the University of Oxford. She was an Open Prize Research Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College from 1998 to 2005. She was also the Jean Monnet Fellow in History at the European University Institute from 2000-2001. Nabulsi's research spans 18th and 19th century political thought, the laws of war, and the contemporary history and politics of Palestinian refugees, representation, and democracy. While Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Nabulsi directed a civic needs assessment for Palestinian refugees, and was editor of its findings: ''Palestinians Register: Laying Foundations and Setting Directions'', which was published in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasmine Sabri
Yasmine Ashraf Sabri ( ar, ياسمين أشرف صبري; born 21 January 1988) is an Egyptian actress. Biography Sabri was born and raised in Alexandria. Her father, Ashraf Sabri, works as a doctor, while her mother is a swimmer. Her parents divorced later and Sabri claimed in an interview that she was only raised by her mother and grandmother and that she has not seen him since she was two years old, "There is no relationship between me and my father, but the separation is not a reason because people make choices in their life, and there are people who choose to take responsibility and complement the other, and other people choose themselves" she said. Sabri's father then published a set of photos of him with his daughter during her first engagement party, adding “After I heard the lies of my daughter who I raised in my house, and she was the owner of the house and she had a job… and she was able to stab her father in the back,” and that "family friends used to come to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maha Al-Khalil Chalabi
Maha al-Khalil Chalabi (born 2 April 1938 in Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre/Sour, Lebanon) – Arabic: مهى الخليل الشلبي, also transliterated Shalabi – is Secretary (title), Secretary-General of the International Association to Save Tyre (''Association Internationale pour la Sauvegarde de Tyr'' – AIST) and has been a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador as "a strong advocate for Cultural heritage, heritage". Oscillating between the High society (social class), high-societies of Beirut and Paris, the Inheritance, heiress of a Feudalism, feudal dynasty in Southern Lebanon has been hailed by the Yellow journalism, yellow press as the "Princess of Tyre". Life Family background Maha al-Khalil Chalabi regularly invokes her father Kazem al-Khalil (1901-1989) as the main source of inspiration for her cultural activities. He was the scion of a Shia Islam, Shiite clan of Landlord, land barons in Jabal Amel, modern-day Southern Lebanon: When the 1858 Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Land reforms l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawal El Kuwaitia
Nawal El Kuwaitia ( ar, نوال الكويتية; born Nawal Thaher Al-Zaid, 18 November 1966) is a Kuwaiti singer and actress. Career Nawal studied at the Music Institute in Kuwait. Nawal's first album was released in 1984. The majority of her albums are not titled, but rather are referred to by number (e.g. Nawal 98, Nawal 99). She has also filmed many music videos (mainly in Lebanon) and was one of the first Khaliji artists to do so. After retiring from her singing career for personal reasons, Nawal returned after five years with a duet performed with Abdullah Rashad, "Kan Widdi Niltiki" ("I Wished We Could Have Met"). Discography Albums * ''Nawal'' (1984) * ''Nawal'' (1985) * Nawal 1986 * Nawal 1988 * ''Nawal 1989'' * ''Nawal 1994'' * ''Wainek 7abeeby'' (1995) * ''Tadri'' (1996) * ''Nawal 1998'' * ''Nawal 2000'' * ''Nawal 2002'' * ''Nawal 2004'' * ''Nawal 2006'' *''Nawal'' (2009) *''Nawal'' (2013) *''Nawal'' (2016) *El Haneen (2020) Singles * "Kan Widdi Niltiki" 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
