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Muna Al Gurg
Muna Easa Al Gurg is an Emirati businessperson and philanthropist. She is the Vice Chairperson and Director of Retail of Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, a conglomerate headquartered in the United Arab Emirates. In 2025 she was ranked 1st amongst powerful businesswomen leading the largest family-owned companies by Forbes Middle East. She is the founder of Meem Foundation. Background and career Al Gurg was born in Dubai. She is the daughter of Sir Easa Saleh Al Gurg, a businessman and former Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and Soraya Kazim. Al Gurg holds an MBA from London Business School and a BA in Business Administration from the American University in Dubai. In 2001 she joined her family's business, the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, a conglomerate based in the United Arab Emirates, as director of marketing and communications. She worked closely with her father and founder of the business Easa Saleh Al Gurg and her eldest sister Raja Al Gurg who is man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates#Major cities, most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai. It is located on a Dubai Creek, creek on the south-eastern coast of the Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf. As of 2025, the city population stands at 4 million, 92% of whom are Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates, expatriates. The wider urban area includes Sharjah and has a population of 5 million people as of 2023,https://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf while the Dubai–Sharjah–Ajman metropolitan area counts 6 million inhabitants. Founded in the early 18th century as a Cultured pearl, pearling and fishing settlement, Dubai became a regional trade hub in the 20th century after declaring itself a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zanzibar
Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small Island, islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja. Its historic centre, Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site. Zanzibar is also a Autonomous administrative divisions, semi-autonomous region that united with Tanganyika (1961–1964), Tanganyika in 1964, and formed the present-day Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania. The archipelago's main Industry (economics), industries are spices, raffia palm, raffia, and tourism. The main spices produced are clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, coconut, and black pepper. The Zanzibar Archipelago, together with Tanzania's Mafia Island, are sometimes referred to locally as the "Spice Islands". Tourism in Zanzibar is a more recent activity, driven by government promotion that caused an increase from 19,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Emirati Women In Business
Emirati may refer to: *pertaining to the country of United Arab Emirates *the people of the United Arab Emirates, see Emiratis The Emiratis (; ) are the Citizenship, citizen population of the United Arab Emirates. Within the UAE itself, their number is approximately 1.15 million. Formerly known as the Trucial States, the UAE is made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ... * Emirati culture {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jefferson Hall (actor)
Jefferson Hall (born 6 December 1977), occasionally credited as Robert Hall in his earlier roles, is an English actor. He is known for the roles of Hugh of the Vale in ''Game of Thrones'' (2011), Varg in '' Wizards vs Aliens'' on CBBC (2012–2013), Torstein in ''Vikings'' (2013–2015), Aaron Korey in ''Halloween'' (2018), twins Jason Lannister and Tyland Lannister in '' House of the Dragon'' (2022–present), and Haakon Chevalier in '' Oppenheimer (2023). History Hall trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He has had a varied TV and film career. He has appeared as Hugh of the Vale in ''Game of Thrones'', as well as playing both the twins Jason Lannister and Tyland Lannister in HBO's '' House of the Dragon'' since 2022. He appeared in ''Halloween Halloween, or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve), is a celebration geography of Halloween, observed in many countries on 31 October, the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nayla Al Khaja
Nayla Al Khaja (Arabic: نايلة الخاجة; born March 7 March 1978) is the first female screenwriter, director, and producer in the United Arab Emirates. Education Al Khaja pursued image studies and filmmaking in Toronto. She earned a degree in mass communication from Dubai Women's College and completed her bachelor's degree in film studies at Ryerson University in Toronto in 2005. Film career In 2006, her film ''Arabana'' premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival, where she was honored as the best Emirati filmmaker. This recognition paved the way for a series of notable short films, including ''Once'' (2009), ''Malal'' (2010), and ''The Neighbor'' (2013). Al Khaja's films ''Animal'' and ''The Shadow'' achieved international recognition when Netflix acquired their rights in September 2022, expanding her reach to a global audience. In April 2021, media outlets reported Al Khaja's entry into series production. Her anthology ''The Alexandria Killings'' will be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Endeavor (non-profit)
Endeavor is an organization headquartered in New York City which supports entrepreneurs with potential for economic and social impact in their regions. The organization provides the entrepreneurs in its network with services that assist them in growing ventures, creating jobs, transforming economies, and supporting future generations of entrepreneurs. History Founded in 1997, Endeavor has supported over 50,000 candidates and selected over 2,000 entrepreneurs from 1,200 companies. Supported and mentored by a network of more than 3,500 local and global business leaders, these entrepreneurs have created over 650,000 jobs and generated $10 billion in revenues in 2016. In 2001, Endeavor launched Endeavor Mexico and ''Time'' magazine recognized Endeavor's founders as among the "Top 100 Innovators for the 21st Century" in its November 5, 2001, issue. In 2002, the Schwab Foundation and the World Economic Forum endorsed Endeavor as one of 40 leading examples of social entrepreneurship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Careem
Careem is a Dubai-based super-app with operations in over 70 cities, covering 10 countries across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia regions. It offers ride-hailing, bicycle rental, food delivery, grocery delivery, and digital wallets. It is 50.03% owned by e&, while its ridesharing company is wholly owned by Uber. History Careem was founded by Mudassir Sheikha, an American Memon of Pakistani origin, and Magnus Olsson of Sweden, who had both worked as management consultants at McKinsey & Company. It started operating in 2012 as a website-based service for corporate car bookings, and evolved to become a ridesharing company with car hire for everyday use. In 2015, the company acquired a Saudi-based home delivery service company, enwani, and Abdulla Elyas joined Careem as co-founder. In 2017, the company announced a program to extend maternity leave and hire more women. In June 2017, Careem launched operations in Palestine as part of a commitment to create one million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1949 as the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., but also has a campus in Aspen, Colorado, its original home. Its stated mission is to "drive change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the greatest challenges of our time". The Aspen Institute’s work focuses on many sectors including business, education, communications, energy and environment, health, security and international affairs. History The institute was largely the creation of Walter Paepcke, a Chicago businessman who had become inspired by the Great Books program of Mortimer Adler at the University of Chicago. In 1945, Paepcke visited Bauhaus artist and architect Herbert Bayer, AIA, who had designed and built a Bauhaus-inspired minimalist home outside the decaying former mining town of Aspen, in the Roaring Fork Valley. Paepcke and Bayer envisioned a place where artists, leaders, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jenin
Jenin ( ; , ) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and is the capital of the Jenin Governorate. It is a hub for the surrounding towns. Jenin came under Israeli occupied territories, Israeli occupation in 1967, and was put under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority as West Bank areas in the Oslo II Accord, Area A of the West Bank, a Palestinian enclave, in 1995. The city had a population of approximately 50,000 people in 2017, whilst the Jenin Camp, Jenin refugee camp had a population of about 10,000, housing families of Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes during the 1948 Palestine war, 1948 Palestine War.2007 Locality Population Statistics . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics The camp has since become a stronghold of Palestinian political violence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab Emirates, seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi serving as its capital. It shares land borders with Oman to the east and northeast, and with Saudi Arabia to the southwest; as well as maritime borders in the Persian Gulf with Qatar and Iran, and with Oman in the Gulf of Oman. , the UAE has an estimated population of over 10 million, of which 11% are Emiratis; Dubai is List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, its most populous city and is an international hub. Islam is the State religion, official religion and Arabic is the official language, while English is the most spoken language and the language of business. The United Arab Emirates Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates, oil and natural gas reserves are the world's List of countries by pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
